Definition

sleeping, i.e. (by implication) repose

Etymology

from G2837 (κοιμάω);

Word family

• κοιμάω koimáō

How the KJV renders it

• taking of rest

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.