KJV Dictionary Definition: slumber

slumber

SLUM'BER, v.i.

1. To sleep lightly; to doze. He that keepth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. 121.

2. To sleep. Slumber is used as synonymous with sleep, particularly in the poetic and eloquent style.

3. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness or inactivity. Why slumbers Pope?

slumberer

SLUM'BERER, n. One that slumbers.

slumbering

SLUM'BERING, ppr. Dozing; sleeping.

slumberous

SLUM'BEROUS, SLUM'BERY, a.

1. Inviting or causing sleep; soporiferous. While pensive in the slumberous shade

2. Sleep; not waking.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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