Nystazo means “slumber” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3573 — kushanrishathayim in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3573 νυστάζω (nustazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nustazo (noos-tad'-zo) v. 1. to nod 2. (by implication) to fall asleep It has 13 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include slumbered and slumbereth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
nustazo (noos-tad'-zo) v. 1. to nod 2. (by implication) to fall asleep 3. (figuratively) to delay [from a presumed derivative of G3506] KJV: slumber Root(s): G3506
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3573. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to doze
Usage: νυστάζω (cf. νεύω), [in LXX for נוּם, etc ;] to nod in sleep, fall asleep: Mat.25:5. Metaphorical, of negligence or delay, ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει (cf. Psa.121:4, Isa.5:27) : 2Pe.2:3.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nustazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3573 (νυστάζω) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baanah went privily into the house:
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, The riders on horses slumbered.
Let not thy foot be moved; And let not thy keeper slumber.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: When he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3573.
And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baanah went privily into the house:
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, The riders on horses slumbered.
Let not thy foot be moved; And let not thy keeper slumber.
Behold, he that keeps Israel Shall not slumber nor sleep.
time, And thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.
The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, And for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.
They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe latchets be broken.
See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive them.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: When he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3573, grouped by book.
Nystazo (Strong's G3573) is a Greek word most simply glossed "slumber". nustazo (noos-tad'-zo) v. 1. to nod 2. (by implication) to fall asleep
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G3573 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3573 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as slumbered and slumbereth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3573, with linked reader references where each row is available.