verb

afupnamō

Greekἀφυπνόω (afupnoō)

Strong’sG879

I fall asleep

stem afupn-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

fell asleep1×

What it means

**† ἀφ-υπνόω, -ῶ

(< ὑπνόω, to put to sleep), [in Al.: Ge 28:11*;]

1. to awake from sleep (Anth.).

2. = cl. καθυπνόω (MM, s.v.), to fall asleep: Lk 8:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G879 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaf-oop-no'-o

properly, to become awake, i.e. (by implication) to drop (off) in slumber

Fromfrom a compound of G575 and G5258;

King Jamesfall asleep.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
afupnataἀφύπνωσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	fell asleep	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	afupnamō	afupname	afupnami	afupnama	afupnamē	afupnamelē
you 2nd person singular	afupnasō	afupnase	afupnasi	afupnasa	afupnasē	afupnaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	afupnatō	afupnate	afupnati	afupnata1×ἀφύπνωσεν	afupnatē	afupnatelē
we 1st person plural	afupnanō	afupnane	afupnani	afupnana	afupnanē	afupnanelē
ye 2nd person plural	afupnavō	afupnave	afupnavi	afupnava	afupnavē	afupnavelē
they 3rd person plural	afupnalō	afupnale	afupnali	afupnala	afupnalē	afupnalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	afupnameiō	afupnameia	afupnameiē
you 2nd person singular	afupnaseiō	afupnaseia	afupnaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	afupnateiō	afupnateia	afupnateiē
we 1st person plural	afupnaneiō	afupnaneia	afupnaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	afupnaveiō	afupnaveia	afupnaveiē
they 3rd person plural	afupnaleiō	afupnaleia	afupnaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	afupnasōr	afupnasar	afupnasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	afupnatōr	afupnatar	afupnatēr
ye 2nd person plural	afupnavōr	afupnavar	afupnavēr
they 3rd person plural	afupnalōr	afupnalar	afupnalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	afupnamoiō	afupnamoia
you 2nd person singular	afupnasoiō	afupnasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	afupnatoiō	afupnatoia
we 1st person plural	afupnanoiō	afupnanoia
ye 2nd person plural	afupnavoiō	afupnavoia
they 3rd person plural	afupnaloiō	afupnaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	afupnarō	afupnari	afupnara	afupnarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	afupnarōtos	afupnaritos	afupnaratos	afupnarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

afupnstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

afupn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

afupnata“fell asleep”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 8:23“fell asleep”plarōtoiu de autoiu afupnata. kai katabainata lailapsas anemou eis tan limnan, kai sumplērile kai kinduneuale.As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.