Strong’s G69 · Greek
ἀγρυπνέω
agrypnéō · ag-roop-neh'-o
Origin ultimately from Α (G1) (as negative particle) and ὕπνος (G5258);
Meaning to be sleepless, i.e. keep awake
In the King James Version watch.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Hebrews 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.