- Original: ὕπνος - Transliteration: Hupnos - Phonetic: hoop'-nos - Definition: 1. sleep - Origin: from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 through the idea of subsilience) - TDNT entry: 17:05,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 through the idea of subsilience); sleep that is (figuratively) spiritual torpor: - sleep. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • sleep, 6 Mat 1:24; Luke 9:32; Joh 11:13; Act 20:9(2); Romans 13:11