Sleep

SLEEP slep:

Represents many words in Hebrew and Greek. For the noun the most common are shenah, and hupnos; for the verb, yashen, shakhabh, and katheudo. The figurative uses for death (Deuteronomy 31:16, etc.) and sluggishness (Ephesians 5:14, etc.) are very obvious.

See DREAM.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SLEEP'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.