κοιμάω
KJV Translations of G2837
(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead
Word Origin & Derivation
from G2749 (κεῖμαι);
G2837 in the King James Bible
18 versesAnd he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.