Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
sleeping
Usage: sleeping
Strong's Number
H3463
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
9
Books
6
Strong's H3463 Quick Answer
Strong's H3463 יָשֵׁן (yashen) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yashen (yaw-shane') adj. 1. sleepy [from H3462] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include asleep, sleepeth, sleep, sleeping, and slept. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- yashen (yaw-shane') adj. 1. sleepy [from H3462]
- Usage
- 9 linked usages
- Books
- 6 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- asleep, sleepeth, sleep, sleeping, and slept
Meaning and Definition
yashen (yaw-shane') adj. 1. sleepy [from H3462] KJV: asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept. Root(s): H3462
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3463. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H3463 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yashen, 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.
asleep
1 Samuel 26:12
2×
sleep
Song of Solomon 5:2
2×
sleepeth
1 Kings 18:27
2×
one
Psalms 78:65
sleeping
1 Samuel 26:7
slept
1 Kings 3:20
How Strong's H3463 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 9 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H3463 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H3463 in the Old Testament
9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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.
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.
Usage Excerpts
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3463.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3463, grouped by book.
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H3463 FAQ
What does yashen (יָשֵׁן) mean?
Yashen (Strong's H3463) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "asleep". yashen (yaw-shane') adj. 1. sleepy [from H3462]
How many times is yashen (יָשֵׁן) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H3463 across 6 books.
Where can I study yashen (יָשֵׁן) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3463 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate yashen (יָשֵׁן)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as asleep, sleepeth, sleep, sleeping, slept, and one. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.