Strong's Hebrew · H3462
H3462 yâshên
יָשֵׁן
yaw-shane'
to sleep
Looking for Greek G3462 myrízō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3462. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
yâshên appears 19 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:21 and Leviticus 13:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
In the King James Version
old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—”
“And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.”
“So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.”
“Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.””
“You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.”
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.”
“For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest”
“but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.”
“it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
