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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ὕπνος G5258
Pronunciation hýpnos
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] slumber 1× Romans 13:11
asleep 1× Acts 20:9
by sleep 1× Luke 9:32
sleep 1× Acts 20:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:24 ὕπνου to . . . Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 9:32 ὕπνῳ to by sleep Noun - Dative Masculine Singular John 11:13 ὕπνου to . . . Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Acts 20:9 ὕπνῳ to sleep Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Acts 20:9 ὕπνου to asleep Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Romans 13:11 ὕπνου to [your] slumber Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 1:24
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Luke 1 John 1 Acts 2 Romans 1
Source forms
ὕπνου 4x hypnou Matthew 1:24, John 11:13, Acts 20:9, Romans 13:11
ὕπνῳ 2x hypnō Luke 9:32, Acts 20:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 4x Matthew 1:24, John 11:13, Acts 20:9, Romans 13:11
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 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 corpus Greek 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 verse Luke 9:32 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ὕπνῳ· upnw
sleep
Read verse John 11:13 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνου upnou
sleep
Read verse Acts 20:9 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ὕπνῳ upnw
sleep
Read verse Acts 20:9 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνου upnou
sleep
Read verse Romans 13:11 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὕπνου upnou
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (6)
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:32 · Acts 20:9 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain