Slumber (Verb)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1nustazoG3573

denotes "to nod in sleep" (akin to neuo, "to nod"), "fall asleep," and is used (a) of natural slumber, Mat 25:5; (b) metaphorically in 2Pe 2:3, negatively, of the destruction awaiting false teachers.