Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to sleep
Usage: (Niphal) to be asleep, be unconscious, be in heavy sleep, fall into heavy sleep, be fast asleep
Strong's Number
H7290
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
7
Books
5
Strong's H7290 Quick Answer
Strong's H7290 רָדַם (radam) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. radam (raw-dam') v. 1. to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death) [a primitive root] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include sleep, fast, and sleepeth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- radam (raw-dam') v. 1. to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death) [a primitive root]
- Usage
- 7 linked usages
- Books
- 5 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- sleep, fast, and sleepeth
Meaning and Definition
radam (raw-dam') v. 1. to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death) [a primitive root] KJV: (be fast a-, be in a deep, cast into a dead, that) sleep(-er, -eth).
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7290. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H7290 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render radam, 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.
How Strong's H7290 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 7 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H7290 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 H7290 in the Old Testament
7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Usage Excerpts
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7290.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7290, grouped by book.
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Strong's H7290 FAQ
What does radam (רָדַם) mean?
Radam (Strong's H7290) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be in a deep". radam (raw-dam') v. 1. to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death) [a primitive root]
How many times is radam (רָדַם) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H7290 across 5 books.
Where can I study radam (רָדַם) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7290 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate radam (רָדַם)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sleep, fast, and sleepeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.