κοιμ-άω,
fut. - ήσω, Dor. - άσω [ᾱ ]: aor. ἐκοίμησα, κοίμησα Od. 12.372: - Med., fut. - ήσομαι OGI 383.43 (Commagene, i B.C.), D.H. 4.64, Luc. DDeor. 4.4, etc.: aor. κοιμήσατο, -αντο, Il. 11.241, 1.476: - Pass., fut. - ηθήσομαι S. Fr. 574.6, Luc. Asin. 40, Alciphr. 1.37.3, etc.: aor. ἐκοιμήθην Od. 14.411, al., E. Andr. 390, Pl. R. 571e, etc.: pf. κεκοίμημαι Aeschrio 8.2, Luc. Gall. 6: -
I
1. lull, put to sleep, κοίμησον.. Ζηνὸς ὑπ’ ὀφρύσιν ὄσσε φαεινώ Il. 14.236; ἦ με.. κοιμήσατε νηλέϊ ὕπνῳ Od. 12.372; βλέφαρα μὴ κοιμῶν ὕπνῳ A. Th. 3; put to bed, τὸν δ’ αὐτοῦ κοίμησε Od. 3.397; of a hind, ἐν ξυλόχῳ.. νεβροὺς κοιμήσασα 4.336.
2. metaph., still, calm, ἀνέμους, κύματα, Il. 12.281, Od. 12.169; φλόγα A. Ag. 597; κύματος μένος Id. Eu. 832; εὔφημον.. κοίμησον στόμα Id. Ag. 1247; also, soothe, assuage, κοίμησον δ’ ὀδύνας Il. 16.524; ᾧ (sc. φύλλῳ) κοιμῶ τόδ’ ἕλκος S. Ph. 650.
II
1. Med. and Pass., fall asleep, go to bed, Il. 1.476, al., Hdt. 1.9, etc.; of animals, lie down, κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι Od. 14.411: c. acc. cogn., ποῖόν τινα ὕπνον ἐκοιμῶ; X. Hier. 6.7; βαθὺν κοιμηθῆναι (sc. ὕπνον) Luc. DMar. 2.3.
2. metaph., ὅπως ἂν κοιμηθῇ [τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν ] Pl. l.c.
3. of the sleep of death, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον Il. 11.241; ἱερὸν ὕπνον κ. Call. 11.2: abs., fall asleep, die, S. El. 509 (lyr.), Aeschrio l.c.; ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων LXX 3 Ki. 2.10, al., cf. PFay. 22.28 (i A.D.), [Mat 27:52], [Joh 11:11], etc.; in epitaphs, IG 14.1683, etc.; κ. τὸν αἰώνιον ὕπνον ib.929.
4. κοιμῶντο.. παρὰ μνηστῇς ἀλόχοισι Il. 6.246, cf. 250: hence, of sexual intercourse, lie with another, Od. 8.295, Pi. I. 8(7).23; οὔ τινι κοιμηθεῖσα Hes. Th. 213; παρά τινι Hdt. 3.68; σὺν δεσπόταισι E. l.c.; μετά τινος Timocl. 22.2; ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀνὴρ τὰν νύκτα κοιμαθές Berl.Sitzb. 1927.157 (Cyrene).
5. keep watch at night, A. Ha 2, X. Cyr. 1.2.4, 9, POxy. 933.25 (ii A.D.), etc.
6. of things, remain during the night, οὐ μὴ κοιμηθήσεται ὁ μισθὸς παρά σοι ἕως πρωί LXX [Lev 19:13]; ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐκοιμήθη ἐκεῖ ib. [Joh 6:10].
7. c. acc., dream of, μέταλλα χρύσεια Luc. Gall. 6.
G2837 — κοιμάω
κοίμω: passive, present κοιμάομαι. κοιμωμαι; perfect κεκοίμημαι (cf. Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)); 1 aorist ἐκοιμήθην; 1 future κοιμηθήσομαι; (akin to κεῖμαι; Curtius, § 45); to cause to sleep, put to sleep (Homer, et al.); metaphorically, to still, calm, quiet, (Homer, Aeschylus, Plato); passive to sleep, fall asleep: properly, [Mat 28:13]; [Luk 22:45]; [Joh 11:12]; [Act 12:6]; the Sept. for שָׁכַב. metaphorically, and euphemistically equivalent to to die (cf. English to fall asleep): [Joh 11:11]; [Act 7:60]; [Act 13:36]; [1Co 7:39]; [1Co 11:30]; [1Co 15:6], [1Co 15:51] (cf. Winers Grammar, 555 (517); Buttmann, 121 (106) note); [2Pe 3:4]; οἱ κοιμώμενοι, κεκοιμημένοι, κοιμηθέντες, equivalent to the dead: [Mat 27:52]; [1Co 15:20]; [1Th 4:13-15]; with ἐν Χριστῷ added (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), [1Co 15:18]; in the same sense [Isa 14:8]; [Isa 43:17]; [1Ki 11:43]; [1Ki 11:2] Macc. 12:45; Homer, Iliad 11, 241; Sophocles Electr. 509.
κοιμάω , - ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7901;]
to lull to sleep, put to sleep. Mid and pass ., to fall asleep ( M , Pr., 162; M , Th., 1, 4, 13): [Mat 28:13], [Luk 22:45], [Joh 11:12], [Act 12:6]. Metaph , of death: [Mat 27:52], [Joh 11:11] [Act 7:60]; [Act 13:36], [1Co 7:39]; [1Co 11:30]; [1Co 15:6]; [1Co 15:18]; [1Co 15:20]; [1Co 15:51], [1Th 4:13-15], [2Pe 3:4] ( cf. [Isa 14:8]; [Isa 43:17], 2Ma 12:45 ). †
SYN.: καθεύδω G2518.