Mark 14:37
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
κοιμάω
koimáō
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Πέτρος
Pétros
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
Σίμων
Símōn
Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
יְכֵל
yᵉkêl
{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
צָפָה
tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →יְכֵל yᵉkêl
{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
Study H3202 →κοιμάω koimáō
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
Study G2837 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →צָפָה tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Study H6822 →Πέτρος Pétros
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
Study G4074 →Cross References
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in...
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.
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