- Original: καθεύδω - Transliteration: Katheudo - Phonetic: kath-yoo'-do - Definition: 1. to fall asleep, drop off to sleep 2. to sleep a. to sleep normally b. euphemistically, to be dead c. metaph. 1. to yield to sloth and sin 2. to be indifferent to one's salvation - Origin: from G2596 and heudo (to sleep) - TDNT entry: 10:11,4 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G2596 and εὕδω heudō(to sleep); to lie down to rest that is (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively): - (be a-) sleep. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • asleep, 5 Mat 8:24; Mat 26:40; Mat 26:43; Mar 4:38; Mar 14:40 • sleep, 4 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:7(2); 1 Thessalonians 5:10 • sleepest, 1 Eph 5:14 • sleeping, 1 Mar 14:37