Strong's H8142 · Hebrew
שֵׁנָה
shênâh · /shay-naw'/
Definition
sleep
KJV: sleep.
Root / derivation: or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered שֵׁנָה across 23 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
23 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis2 verses
Judges2 verses
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges 16:20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Psalms3 verses
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Psalms 90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. groweth: or, is changed
Psalms 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Proverbs7 verses
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Ecclesiastes2 verses
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Jeremiah3 verses
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8142 (shênâh) mean?
sleep
How many times does H8142 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8142 (שֵׁנָה) appears in 23 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “sleep.”
How is shênâh translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8142 is rendered as “sleep” (23×).
Where does the Hebrew word שֵׁנָה come from?
or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);