To sleep
יָשֵׁןStrong’s H3462yashen (ya-shen)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yashen is the Hebrew word usually translated “sleep”, “slept” and “made sleep him”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;”
Meaning
- To sleep, be asleep(Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep · (Niphal) · (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep
How it's translated
- and they will sleep 3
- and he slept 2
- and she made sleep him 2
- and he fell asleep 1
- grown old 1
- growing old 1
- and you will grow old 1
- i slept 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Genesis 2
- Leviticus 2
- Judges 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 41:5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- Leviticus 13:11It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
- Deuteronomy 4:25When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
- Judges 16:14And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
- Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Hebrew dictionary
יָשֵׁן yashen · to sleep
1) to sleep, be asleep 1a) (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to remain a long time, be stored up 1b2) to be festering (of leprosy) 1c) (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sleep” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SLEEP, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive slept.
- To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind.
- To rest; to be unemployed; to be inactive or motionless; as, the sword sleeps in its sheath.
- To rest; to lie or be still; not to be noticed or agitated.
- To live thoughtlessly.
All definitions and other forms of “sleep”
- To be dead; to rest in the grave for a time.
- To be careless, inattentive or unconcerned; not be vigilant.
SLEEP, noun
That state of an animal in which the voluntary exertion of his mental and corporeal powers is suspended, and he rests unconscious of what passes around him, and not affected by the ordinary impressions of external objects. sleep is generally attended with a relaxation of the muscles, but the involuntary motions, as respiration and the circulation of the blood, are continued. The mind is often very active in sleep; but its powers not being under the control of reason, its exercises are very irregular. sleep is the natural rest or repose intended by the Creator to restore the powers of the body and mind, when exhausted or fatigued.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.