Meanings
verb
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sleep
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:52
Origin
From sleep + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.
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APA
sleepeth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepeth
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“sleepeth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepeth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleepeth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepeth.
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