STRONGS G3573:
νυστάζω; 1 aorist
ἐνύσταξα; (
ΝΥΩ, cf.
νεύω,
νευστάζω); the
Sept. for
נוּם;
1. properly, "to nod in sleep, to sleep (
Hippocrates,
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Plato, others); to be overcome or oppressed with sleep; to fall asleep, drop off to sleep," ((cf. Wycliffe) to nap it"):
Matthew 25:5; the
Sept. for
נִרְדַּם,
Psalm 75:7 (
Ps. 76:7).
2. like the Latin
dormito (cf. our
to be napping), tropical equivalent to:
to be negligent, careless (
Plato,
Plutarch, others): of a thing equivalent to
to linger, delay, 2 Peter 2:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Psalms
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75:7; 76:7
- Matthew
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25:5
- 2 Peter
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2:3