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שֵׁנָה H8142
H8142 is the Hebrew word שֵׁנָה, transliterated shênâh and said shay-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it sleep.
What it means
sleep.
Where it comes from
or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: sleep.
Verses using שֵׁנָה
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 28:16 · KJV
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Genesis 31:40 · KJV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Judges 16:14 · KJV
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges 16:20 · KJV
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Esther 6:1 · KJV
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Psalm 76:5 · KJV
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Psalm 90:5 · KJV
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Proverbs 3:24 · KJV
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 4:16 · KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 6:4 · KJV
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Proverbs 6:10 · KJV
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 20:13 · KJV
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 24:33 · KJV
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Ecclesiastes 5:12 · KJV
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 · KJV
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Jeremiah 31:26 · KJV
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39 · KJV
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57 · KJV
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Daniel 2:1 · KJV
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8142 mean?
H8142 is the Hebrew word שֵׁנָה (shênâh), meaning sleep.
How is H8142 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sleep (16 times), out of his sleep (3 times).
How many times does H8142 appear in the Bible?
שֵׁנָה (shênâh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8142 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן).
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