Sleep

Sleep [NAVE]

SLEEP
From God, Psa. 127:2.
Of the sluggard, Prov. 6:9, 10.
Of Jesus, Matt. 8:24; Mark 4:38; Luke 8:23.
A symbol of death, Job 14:12; Matt. 9:24; Mark 5:39; Luke 8:52; John 11:11, 12; 1 Thess. 4:14.
See: Death.

SLEEP [ISBE]

SLEEP - slep: Represents many words in Hebrew and Greek. For the noun the most common are shenah, and hupnos; for the verb, yashen, shakhabh, and katheudo. The figurative uses for death (Dt 31:16, etc.) and sluggishness (Eph 5:14, etc.) are very obvious.

See DREAM.