Original Word: ἀφυπνόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: aphupnoo
Phonetic Spelling: (af-oop-no'-o)
Short Definition: I fall asleep
Definition: I fall asleep.STRONGS NT 879: ἀφυπνόω

ἀφυπνόω, ἀφύπνω: 1 aorist ἀφυπνωσα; (ὑπνόω to put to sleep, to sleep);

a. to awaken from sleep (Anthol. Pal. 9, 517, 5).

b. to fall asleep, to fall off to sleep: Luke 8:23; for this the ancient Greeks used καθυπνόω; see Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 224. (Hermas, vis. 1, 1 [ET].)

fall asleep.

From a compound of apo and hupnos; properly, to become awake, i.e. (by implication) to drop (off) in slumber -- fall asleep.

see GREEK apo

see GREEK hupnos

αφύπνωσε αφυπνωσεν ἀφύπνωσεν αφυστέρησας αφφουσώθ αφφω aphupnosen aphupnōsen aphypnosen aphypnōsen aphýpnosen aphýpnōsenInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts