verb

koimemō

Greekκοιμάομαι (koimaomai)

Strong’sG2837

I fall asleep, am asleep

stem koim-18 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books12 forms occur

Translated as

What it means

Forms in the New Testament

Where it appears

18 occurrences, every one of them listed

koimelō“died”happening now · theypresent middle indicative 3rd person plural1×

1 Corinthians 11:30“died”dia houtem en vi pollois asthenois kai arrōstois kai koimelō hikanois.That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

koimini“sleep”will happen · wefuture passive indicative 1st person plural1×

1 Corinthians 15:51“sleep”idou mustēriem vi legamō; pantois ouk koimini pantois de allassini,Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed —

koimita“fell asleep”happened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singular2×

Acts 7:60“fell asleep”titharatos de teim gonueim krazata fōna mega; Kurior, mē histanaseia autoi houtan tan hamartan; kai houtem legaratos koimita.Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 13:36“fell asleep”David men gar idia genea hupēretaratos ta tou theou boula koimita kai prostithita pros toin patēroin autou kai horata diafthoran,For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

koimila“fell asleep”happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural2×

1 Corinthians 15:6“fallen asleep”epeita horita epanō pentakosioi adelfoi efapax, ek hoiu tois polloterois menalō heōs arti, tinois de koimila;After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

2 Peter 3:4“fell asleep”kai legarōtois; Pou atō tas epangelias tau parousiau autou? apo hau gar tois patērois koimila, panteim houtōs diamenatō apo archau ktisiau.“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

koimetē“fallen asleep”has happened · he/she/itperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular2×

John 11:11“fallen asleep”houteim legata, kai meta houtem legatō autoi; Lazaros tos filos nu koimetē, alla poreuemō hina exupnizameia auton.After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

John 11:12“fallen asleep”legala oun tois mathētois auto; Kurior, ei koimetē sōziti.His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”

koimiteia“dies”happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:39“dies”Gunaikas ditē epi hoson chronon zōatō tos anēros autau; ean de koimiteia tos anēros, eleutheras atō ho thelatō gamira, monem en kurio;A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

koimerōtos“sleeping”happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 12:6“sleeping”Hote de mellate proagara auton tos Hērōdos, ta nuxa ekeina ate tos Petros koimerōtos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dirētos halusiai duo, fulaxois tē pro tau thurau tērale tan fulakan.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

koimerōtoin“sleeping”happening now · objectpresent middle participle accusative plural masculine1×

Luke 22:45“sleeping”kai anistanaratos apo tau proseuchau ercharatos pros toin mathētoin heuriskata koimerōtoin autoin apo tau lupau,When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

koimerōtoiu“asleep”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle participle genitive plural masculine2×

Matthew 28:13“asleep”legarōtois; Legavar hoti Tois mathētois autou nuxau ercharatois kleptala auton nu koimerōtoiu;and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

1 Thessalonians 4:13“fallen asleep”Ouk thelanō de vin agnoarō, adelfoir, peri toiu koimerōtoiu, hina mē lupiveiō kathōs kai tois loipois tois mē echarōtois elpian.Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

koimiratois“fallen asleep”happened · subjectaorist passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

1 Corinthians 15:18“fallen asleep”ara kai tois koimiratois en Christo apolluela.Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

koimiratoin“fallen asleep”happened · objectaorist passive participle accusative plural masculine2×

1 Thessalonians 4:14“fallen asleep”ei gar pisteuanō hoti Iēsus apothnēskata kai anistanata, houtōs kai tos theos toin koimiratoin dia tou Iēsu agati sun auto.For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

1 Thessalonians 4:15“fallen asleep”houtem gar vi leganō en logo kuriou, hoti nis tois zōarōtois tois perileipirōtois eis tan parousian tou kuriou ouk mē fthananeia toin koimiratoin;By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

koimerētoiu“fallen asleep”has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle participle genitive plural masculine2×

Matthew 27:52“fallen asleep”kai teim mnēmeieim anoigila kai polleim sōmeim toiu koimerētoiu hagioiu egeirila,The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

1 Corinthians 15:20“fallen asleep”Nuni de Christos egeiritē ek nekroiu, aparchas toiu koimerētoiu.But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.