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Strong's #69 - ἀγρυπνέω
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- to be sleepless, keep awake, watch
- to be circumspect, attentive, ready
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ἀγρυπν-έω, pf. ἠγρύπνηκα Hp. Prog. 2: —
1. lie awake, pass sleepless nights, Thgn. 471, Hp.l.c., Pl. Lg. 695a, etc.; opp. καθεύδω, X. Cyr. 8.3.42; ἀγρυπνεῖν τὴν νύκτα to pass a sleepless night, Id. HG 7.2.19, Men. 113; οἱ -οῦντες sufferers from insomnia, Dsc. 4.64.
2. metaph., to be watchful, LXX Wisdom of Solomon 6:15, Mark 13:33, Ephesians 6:18; ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν Hebrews 13:17; ἐπὶ τὰ κακά LXX Daniel 9:14 : c. inf., μηθέν σε ἐνοχλήσειν PGrenf. 2.14a3.
3. c.acc., lie awake and think of, τινά PMag.Par. 1.2966.
ἀγρυπνέω, (ῶ; (ἄγρυπνος eqluiv. to ἄϋπνος); to be sleepless, keep awake, watch (equivalent to γρηγορέω (see below)); (from Theognis down); tropically, to be circumspect, attentive, ready: Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36; εἰς τί, to be intent upon a thing, Ephesians 6:18; ὑπέρ τίνος, to exercise constant vigilance over something (an image drawn from shepherds), Hebrews 13:17. (Synonyms: ἀγρύπνειν, γρηγορεῖν, νήφειν: "ἀγρύπνειν may be taken to express simply ... absence of sleep, and, pointedly, the absence of it when due to nature, and thence a wakeful frame of mind as opposed to listlessness; while γρηγορεῖν (the offspring of ἐγρήγορα) represents a waking state as the effect of some arousing effort ... i. e. a more stirring image than the former. The group of synonyms is completed by νήφειν, which signifies a state untouched by any slumberous or beclouding influences, and thence, one that is guarded against advances of drowsiness or bewilderment. Thus it becomes a term for wariness (cf. νᾶφε καί μέμνασ' ἀπίστειν) against spiritual dangers and beguilements, 1 Peter 5:8, etc." Green, Critical Notes on the N. T. (note on Mark 13:33f).)
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ἀγρυπνέω , -ῶ
(<ἄγρυπνος , seeking sleep; <ἀγρεύω , ὕπνος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H8245;]
to be sleepless, wakeful (Theogn., Xen., al.); metaph. (LXX) = cl. ἐγρήγορα , to be watchful, vigilant: Mark 13:33, Luke 21:36, Ephesians 6:18, Hebrews 13:17.†
SYN.: γρηγορέω G1127, q.v.; νήφω , associated with γ . in 1 Peter 5:8, expressing a wariness which results from self-control, a condition of moral, not merely mental alertness (v. M, Th., I, 5:6).
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P Giss I. 19.7 (early ii/A.D.) συν ]εχῶς ἀγρυπνοῦσα νυκτὸς ἡ [μέρας ]. P Ryl II. 62.9 (iii/A.D.) ἀγρυπνεῖται καὶ κολάζεται. For the construction with ἐπί (as in Proverbs 8:34, Job 21:32), see the Septuagint Memorial from Adrumetum of iii/A.D., cited by Deissmann BS, p. 275, l. 6 f., ἀγρυπνο [ῦν ]τα ἐπὶ τῇ φιλίᾳ αὐτῆς κτλ. Cf. P Giss I. 67.6 (ii/A.D.) οἷς ὀφείλω ἐπιτεταγμέ [νως (l. -ταμ -) ἐπ ]αγρυπνεῖν.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
Add OGIS 521.6 (vi/A.D.)
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