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ἀγρυπνία
agrupnia
G0070
G:N-F Greek

sleeplessness

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agrupnia denotes sleepless conditions listed among hardship and labor.

The attested use places sleepless conditions among burdens such as labor, hardship, hunger, imprisonment, and fasting.

Senses in use

  1. Sleepless conditions amid hardship · dominant

    The dative plural form occurs within lists of adverse conditions: in 2 Corinthians 11:27 the APB renders the surrounding clause “In toil and hardship, often in sleeplessness,” and in 2 Corinthians 6:5 it renders a list including “In labors, in sleeplessnesses, in fastings.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “sleeplessness” in 2 Corinthians 11:27 and “sleeplessnesses” in 2 Corinthians 6:5. These are translation renderings within broader lists.

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