noun · feminine

koimēsias

Greekκοίμησις (koimēsis)

Strong’sG2838

repose, taking rest

stem koimēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

taking rest1×

What it means

** κοίμησις, -εως, ἡ,

[in LXX: Si 46:19 48:13*;]

a reclining, resting: Jo 11:13.†

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

Strong’s G2838 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkoy'-may-sis

sleeping, i.e. (by implication) repose

Fromfrom G2837;

King Jamestaking of rest.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	koimēsias	koimēsiais
object accusative	koimēsian	koimēsiain
direct address vocative	koimēsiar	koimēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	koimēsiau1×κοιμήσεως	koimēsiaiu
to, for dative	koimēsia	koimēsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

koimēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

koimēsia 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

koimēsiau“taking rest”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

John 11:13“taking rest”legatelē de tos Iēsus peri tou thanatou autou. ekeinois de dokala hoti peri tau koimēsiau tou hupnou legatō.They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.