What does ὕπνος (hýpnos) mean in the Bible?
ὕπνος (hýpnos): Natural sleep or metaphorical spiritual torpor; contrast with waking awareness or vigilance.
Greek · G5258
ὕπνος
Sleep
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ὕπνοςG5258
Pronunciationhýpnos
What does ὕπνος (hýpnos) mean in the Bible?
ὕπνος (hýpnos): Natural sleep or metaphorical spiritual torpor; contrast with waking awareness or vigilance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5258?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (2), [your] slumber (1), asleep (1), by sleep (1), sleep (1).
Where does ὕπνος (hýpnos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), John (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Are there verse guides for ὕπνος (hýpnos)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .2×Matthew 1:24, John 11:13
[your] slumber1×Romans 13:11
asleep1×Acts 20:9
by sleep1×Luke 9:32
sleep1×Acts 20:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:24ὕπνουto. . .Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularLuke 9:32ὕπνῳtoby sleepNoun - Dative Masculine SingularJohn 11:13ὕπνουto. . .Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularActs 20:9ὕπνῳtosleepNoun - Dative Masculine SingularActs 20:9ὕπνουtoasleepNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularRomans 13:11ὕπνουto[your] slumberNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 1:24
Aligned rows6
Books represented5
Matthew1Luke1John1Acts2Romans1
Source forms
ὕπνου4xhypnouMatthew 1:24, John 11:13, Acts 20:9, Romans 13:11
ὕπνῳ2xhypnōLuke 9:32, Acts 20:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular4xMatthew 1:24, John 11:13, Acts 20:9, Romans 13:11
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular2xLuke 9:32, Acts 20:9
Key Verse and Form Guides
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. Natural sleep or metaphorical spiritual torpor; contrast with waking awareness or vigilance.
Source Gloss
sleep
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
upnou
sleep
Read verseLuke 9:32Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ὕπνῳ·upnw
sleep
Read verseJohn 11:13Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνουupnou
sleep
Read verseActs 20:9Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ὕπνῳupnw
sleep
Read verseActs 20:9Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνουupnou
sleep
Read verseRomans 13:11Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνουupnou
sleep
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms6Case patternGenitive (4)Number patternSingular (6)
Dative · Singular · MasculineLuke 9:32 · Acts 20:92×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Physical sleep overcome disciples during theophanic mountain experience
Excessive sleep depicted as cause of poverty and moral laziness
Deep sleep results from idleness, contrasts with diligence and sustenance
Love of sleep leads to poverty, warns against excessive slumber
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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