Strong's Greek #879 - ἀφυπνόω aphupnoo (to fall asleep)

fall asleep.

From a compound of apo and hupnos; properly, to become awake, i.e. (by implication) to drop (off) in slumber -- fall asleep.

see GREEK apo

see GREEK hupnos

Strong's 879: ἀφυπνόω

ἀφυπνόω, ἀφύπνω: 1 aorist ἀφυπνωσα; (ὑπνόω to put to sleep, to sleep);

a. to awaken from sleep (Anthol. Pal. 9, 517, 5).

b. to fall asleep, to fall off to sleep: Luke 8:23; for this the ancient Greeks used καθυπνόω; see Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 224. (Hermas, vis. 1, 1 [ET].)

Strong's Greek: 879. ἀφυπνόω (aphupnoo) — 1 Occurrence

Luke 8:23 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: δὲ αὐτῶν ἀφύπνωσεν καὶ κατέβη
NAS: But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale
KJV: sailed he fell asleep: and
INT: moreover of them he fell asleep and came down