Strong's Greek #3573 - νυστάζω nustazó (to nod in sleep)

slumber.

From a presumed derivative of neuo; to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay -- slumber.

see GREEK neuo

Strong's 3573: νυστάζω

νυστάζω; 1 aorist ἐνύσταξα; (ΝΥΩ, cf. νεύω, νευστάζω); the Sept. for נוּם;

1. properly, "to nod in sleep, to sleep (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); to be overcome or oppressed with sleep; to fall asleep, drop off to sleep," ((cf. Wycliffe) to nap it"): Matthew 25:5; the Sept. for נִרְדַּם, Psalm 75:7 ().

2. like the Latindormito (cf. our to be napping), tropical equivalent to: to be negligent, careless (Plato, Plutarch, others): of a thing equivalent to to linger, delay, 2 Peter 2:3.

Strong's Greek: 3573. νυστάζω (nustazó) — 2 Occurrences

Matthew 25:5 - V-AIA-3P
GRK: τοῦ νυμφίου ἐνύσταξαν πᾶσαι καὶ
NAS: they all got drowsy and [began] to sleep.
KJV: tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
INT: the bridegroom they became drowsy all and

2 Peter 2:3 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει
NAS: and their destruction is not asleep.
KJV: their damnation slumbereth not.
INT: of them not slumbers