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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - νυστάζω
νυστάζω
G3573
Transliteration: nystázō
Pronunciation: noos-tad'-zo
Definition: slumber
- Original: νυστάζω - Transliteration: Nustazo - Phonetic: noos-tad'-zo
- Definition:
1. to nod in sleep, to sleep
a. to be overcome or oppressed with sleep
b. to fall asleep, drop off to sleep
2. to be negligent, careless
a. of a thing i.e. to linger, delay
- Origin: from a presumed derivative of G3506" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3506 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a presumed derivative of G3506" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3506; to nod that is (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively to delay: - slumber.