Bible Dictionary
Watchings
Watchings means periods of sleeplessness or keeping awake. Paul lists such hardships among the trials endured in Christian service, alongside labor, travel, prayer, and concern for others.
Definition
Watchings means periods of sleeplessness or keeping awake. It describes the loss of sleep that accompanies labor, teaching, travel, meditation, prayer, care, and related service.
Biblical Usage
Paul lists watchings among the hardships endured in Christian ministry, alongside other labors and afflictions.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(2 Cor. 6:5), lit. “sleeplessnesses,” the result of “manual labour, teaching, travelling, meditating, praying, cares, and the like” (Meyer’s Com.).