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Proverbs 6:4 - Eyelids

Proverbs 6:4 - Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
Give	H5414	נָתַן	[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.)
not	H408	אַל	not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once () as a {noun} nothing
sleep	H8142	שֵׁנָה	[Noun Feminine] from H3462; sleep
to thine eyes	H5869	עַיִן	[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
nor slumber	H8572	תְּנוּמָה	[Noun Feminine] {drowsiness} that {is} sleep
to thine eyelids	H6079	עַפְעַף	[Noun Masculine] an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively morning ray

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.