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יָשֵׁן H3463
H3463 is the Hebrew word יָשֵׁן, transliterated yâshên and said yaw-shane'. The King James Version most often renders it asleep.
What it means
sleepy.
Where it comes from
from H3462 (יָשֵׁן).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.
Verses using יָשֵׁן
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 26:7 · KJV
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
1 Samuel 26:12 · KJV
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
1 Kings 3:20 · KJV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
1 Kings 18:27 · KJV
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Psalm 78:65 · KJV
Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Song of Solomon 5:2 · KJV
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Solomon 7:9 · KJV
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
Daniel 12:2 · KJV
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Hosea 7:6 · KJV
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3463 mean?
H3463 is the Hebrew word יָשֵׁן (yâshên), meaning sleepy.
How is H3463 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it asleep (2 times), sleepeth (2 times), sleep (2 times), sleeping (1 time), slept (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3463 appear in the Bible?
יָשֵׁן (yâshên) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3463 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3462 (יָשֵׁן).
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