ASLEE'P, adjective or adverb [a and sleep.] 1. sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest. Sisera was fast asleep Judges 4:21. 2. To a state of sleep; as to fall asleep 3. Dead; in a state of death. Concerning them who are asleep sorrow not. 1 Thessalonians 4:13. 4. To death. For since the fathers fell asleep all things continue. 2 Peter 3:4.
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