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Lexicon :: Strong's H4904 - miškāḇ

Aa
מִשְׁכָּב
Transliteration
miškāḇ
Pronunciation
mish-kawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2381c

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb, mish-kawb'; from H7901; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse:—bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H4904 in the following manner: bed (34x), bedchamber (with H2315) (4x), couch (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H4904 in the following manner: bed (34x), bedchamber (with H2315) (4x), couch (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying

    1. couch, bed

    2. act of lying, lying down or sleeping room, bedroom

    3. lying down (for sexual contact)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb, mish-kawb'; from H7901; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse:—bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
STRONGS H4904: Abbreviations
מִשְׁכָּב 46 noun masculineLeviticus 15:4 place of lying, couch; act of lying; — absolute מ׳ 1 Kings 1:47 +, construct מִשְׁכַּב 2 Samuel 4:5 +; suffix מִשְׁכָּבִי Job 7:13 +, מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם Psalm 4:5; plural construct מִשְׁכְּבֵי Genesis 49:4 +, suffix מִשְׁכְּבוֺהָם Hosea 7:14 +, etc.; —
1. couch, bed (37 times), 2 Samuel 4:11; Hosea 7:14; Micah 2:1; 1 Kings 1:47; Songs 3:1 +; וְנָפַל לְמ׳ Exodus 21:18 (E) he takes to his bed; נִדָּתָהּ מ׳ Leviticus 15:26 (P; see below I. נדד); מ׳ as place of copulation Genesis 49:4 (poem in J), Isaiah 57:7, 8 (twice in verse); Proverbs 7:17; as place of burial Isaiah 57:2; Ezekiel 32:25; 2 Chronicles 16:14 (see מ׳ Inscription Tabnit8 and perhaps Jewish inscription Cooke341).
† 2. act of lying:
a. in general, חֲדַר מ׳ chamber of lying down = bed-chamber, Exodus 7:28 (E), 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 6:12, בְּחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ Ecclesiastes 10:20; הַצָּהֳרַיִם והוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מ׳ 2 Samuel 4:5 his noon-day siesta; 2 Samuel 17:28 read perhaps עַרְשׂת מ׳ couches for lying down Klo Bu HPS Now, compare Greek Version of the LXX.
b. (from context) sexually: of woman יֹדַעַת (אִישׁ לְ) מִשְׁכַּב זָכָת Judges 21:11, 12; Numbers 31:17, 35 (P); of man שׁכב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (+ אֶתזָֿכָר sodomy; H); דֹּדִים מ׳ Ezekiel 23:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:4; 49:4

Exodus

21:18

Leviticus

15:4; 15:26; 18:22; 20:13

Numbers

31:17; 31:35

Judges

21:11; 21:12

2 Samuel

4:5; 4:5; 4:7; 4:11; 17:28

1 Kings

1:47; 1:47

2 Kings

6:12

2 Chronicles

16:14

Job

7:13

Psalms

4:5

Proverbs

7:17

Ecclesiastes

10:20

Song of Songs

3:1

Isaiah

57:2; 57:7; 57:8

Ezekiel

23:17; 32:25

Hosea

7:14; 7:14

Micah

2:1

H4904

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4904 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁכָּב (miškāḇ),
which occurs 46 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“[fn]Uncontrollable H6349 as water H4325, you shall not have H3498 preeminence H3498,

Because H3588 you went H5927 up H5927 to your father’s H1 bed H4904;

Then H227 you defiled H2490 it—he went H5927 up H5927 to my couch H3326.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile H2975 will swarm H8317 with frogs H6854, which will come H5927 up H5927 and go H935 into your house H1004, and into your bedroom H2315 H4904 and on your bed H4296, and into the houses H1004 of your servants H5650, and on your people H5971, and into your ovens H8574 and kneading H4863 bowls H4863.

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“Now if H3588 people H376 have H7378 a H7378 quarrel H7378 and one H376 strikes H5221 the other H7453 with a stone H68 or H176 with a fist H106, and he does not die H4191 but [fn]is H5307 confined H5307 to bed H4904,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - ‘Every H3605 bed H4904 on which H834 the man H2100 with the discharge H2100 lies H7901 becomes H2930 unclean H2930, and everything H3605 H3627 on which H834 he sits H3427 becomes H2930 unclean H2930.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - ‘Anyone H376, moreover, who H834 touches H5060 his bed H4904 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 in water H4325 and be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - ‘Anyone H3605 who touches H5060 her bed H4904 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 in water H4325 and be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - ‘Whether H518 it be on the bed H4904 or H176 on the thing H3627 on which H834 she is sitting H3427, when he touches H5060 it, he shall be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - ‘If H518 a man H376 actually H7901 sleeps H7901 with her so that her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079 is on him, he shall be H2930 unclean H2930 seven H7651 days H3117, and every H3605 bed H4904 on which H834 he lies H7901 shall be H2930 unclean H2930.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - ‘Any H3605 bed H4904 on which H834 she lies H7901 all H3605 the days H3117 of her discharge H2101 shall be to her like [fn]her bed H4904 at menstruation H5079; and every H3605 object H3627 on which H834 she sits H3427 shall be unclean H2931, like [fn]her uncleanness H2932 at that time H5079.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - ‘You shall not sleep H7901 with a male H2145 as [fn]one sleeps H7901 with a female H802; it is an abomination H8441.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 sleeps H7901 with a male H2145 as those who sleep H4904 with a woman H802, both H8147 of them have committed H6213 a detestable H8441 act H8441; they must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191. They have brought their [fn]own deaths H1818 upon themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - “Now H6258 therefore, kill H2026 every H3605 male H2145 among the little H2945 ones H2945, and kill H2026 every H3605 woman H802 who has known H3045 a man H376 [fn]intimately H4904 H2145.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “However, all H3605 the [fn]girls H2945 H802 who H834 have not known H3045 a [fn]man H2145 intimately H4904 H2145, keep H2421 alive H2421 for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and of captive people H5315 H120, of the women H802 who H834 had not known H3045 a [fn]man H2145 intimately H4904, in all H3605 were thirty-two H8147 H7970 thousand H505 people H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “And this H2088 is the thing H1697 that you shall do H6213: you shall utterly H2763 destroy H2763 every H3605 male H2145, and every H3605 woman H802 who has [fn]slept H3045 H4904 with a male H2145.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found H4672 among H4480 the inhabitants H3427 of Jabesh-gilead H3003 H1568 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5291 virgins H1330 who H834 had not known H3045 a man H376 by [fn]sleeping H4904 with him; and they brought H935 them to the camp H4264 at Shiloh H7887, which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667.

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So the sons H1121 of Rimmon H7417 the Beerothite H886, Rechab H7394 and Baanah H1196, departed H1980 and came H935 to the house H1004 of Ish-bosheth H378 in the heat H2527 of the day H3117, while he was taking H7901 his midday H6672 rest H4904.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they had come H935 into the house H1004, as he was lying H7901 on his bed H4296 in his bedroom H2315 H4904, they struck H5221 him and killed H4191 him, and they beheaded H5493 H7218 him. And they took H3947 his head H7218 and [fn]traveled H1980 by way H1870 of the Arabah H6160 all H3605 night H3915.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - “How H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588, when H3588 wicked H7563 men H376 have killed H2026 a righteous H6662 man H376 in his own house H1004 on his bed H4904, shall I not now H6258 require H1245 his blood H1818 from your hands H3027 and eliminate H1197 you both from the earth H776?”

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Now at evening H6153 time H6256 David H1732 got H6965 up H6965 from his bed H4904 and walked H1980 around H1980 on the roof H1406 of the king’s H4428 house H1004, and from the roof H1406 he saw H7200 a woman H802 bathing H7364; and the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H2896 in appearance H4758.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David H1732 summoned H7121 [fn]Uriah, and he ate H398 and drank H8354 in his presence H6440, and he made H7937 [fn]Uriah drunk H7937; and in the evening H6153 Uriah went H3318 out H3318 to lie H7901 on his bed H4904 with his lord’s H113 servants H5650, and he still did not go H3381 down H3381 to his house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab H3082 then said H559 to him, “Lie H7901 down H7901 on your bed H4904 and pretend H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; when your father H1 comes H935 to see H7200 you, say H559 to him, ‘Please H4994 have my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and give me food H3899 to eat H1262, and have her prepare H6213 the [fn]food H1279 in my sight H5869, so H4616 that H4616 I may see H7200 it and eat H398 from her hand H3027.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - brought H5066 beds H4904, basins H5592, pottery H3627, wheat H2406, barley H8184, flour H7058, roasted H7039 grain, beans H6321, lentils H5742, roasted H7039 seeds,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “Moreover H1571, the king’s H4428 servants H5650 came H935 to bless H1288 our lord H113 King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, ‘May your God H430 make H3190 the name H8034 of Solomon H8010 better H3190 than H4480 your name H8034, and his throne H3678 greater H1431 than H4480 your throne H3678!’ And the king H4428 bowed H2331 himself on the bed H4904.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - One H259 of his servants H5650 said H559, “No H3808, my lord H113, the king H4428; but Elisha H477, the prophet H5030 who H834 is in Israel H3478, tells H5046 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 the words H1697 that you speak H1696 in your bedroom H2315 H4904.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried H6912 him in his own tomb H6913 which H834 he had cut H3738 out H3738 for himself in the city H5892 of David H1732, and they laid H7901 him in the resting H4904 place H4904 which H834 he had filled H4390 with spices H1314 of various kinds H2177 blended H7543 by the perfumers’ H4842 art H4639; and they made H8313 a very H5704 H3966 great H1419 fire H8316 for him.

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“If H3588 I say H559, ‘My couch H6210 will comfort H5162 me,

My bed H4904 will [fn]ease H5375 my complaint H7879,’

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“In a dream H2472, a vision H2384 of the night H3915,

When deep H8639 sleep H8639 falls H5307 on people H376,

While they slumber H8572 in their beds H4904,

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“A person is also rebuked H3198 by pain H4341 in his bed H4904,

And with constant H386 complaint H7379 in his bones H6106,

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[fn]Tremble H7264, [fn]and do not sin H2398;

[fn]Meditate H559 in your heart H3824 upon your bed H4904, and be H1826 still H1826. Selah H5542

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He plans H2803 wickedness H205 on his bed H4904;

He sets H3320 himself on a path H1870 that is not good H2896;

He does not reject H3988 evil H7451.

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The LORD H3068 will sustain H5582 him upon his sickbed H1741 H6210;

In his illness H2483, You [fn]restore H2015 him to health H3605 H4904.

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The godly H2623 ones H2623 shall be H5937 jubilant H5937 in glory H3519;

They shall sing H7442 for H7442 joy H7442 on their beds H4904.

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“I have sprinkled H5130 my bed H4904

With myrrh H4753, aloes H174, and cinnamon H7076.

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If H518 you have H369 nothing H369 with which to repay H7999,

Why H4100 should he take H3947 your bed H4904 from under H8478 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Furthermore H1571, in your bedroom H4702 do not curse H7043 a king H4428, and in your sleeping H4904 rooms H2315 do not curse H7043 a rich H6223 person H6223; for a bird H5775 of the sky H8064 will bring H1980 the sound H6963, and the winged H3671 one H1167 will make H5046 your word H1697 known H5046.

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“On my bed H4904 night H3915 after night I sought H1245 him

Whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves H157;

I sought H1245 him but did not find H4672 him.

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He enters H935 into peace H7965;

They rest H5117 in their [fn]beds H4904,

Each one who walked H1980 in his upright H5228 way H5228.

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“On a high H1364 and lofty H5375 mountain H2022

You have made H7760 your bed H4904.

You also H1571 went H5927 up H5927 there H8033 to offer H2076 sacrifice H2077.

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“Behind H310 the door H1817 and the doorpost H4201

You have set H7760 up H7760 your sign H2146;

Indeed H3588, far removed H4480 from Me, you have uncovered H1540 yourself,

And have gone H5927 up H5927 and made H7337 your bed H4904 wide H7337.

And you have made H3772 an agreement for yourself with them,

You have loved H157 their bed H4904,

You have looked H2372 at their [fn]manhood H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “And the [fn]Babylonians H1121 H894 came H935 to her to the bed H4904 of love H1730 and defiled H2930 her with their obscene H8457 practice H8457. And when she had been H2930 defiled H2930 by them, [fn]she turned H3363 away H3363 from them in H3363 disgust H3363.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - “They have made H5414 a bed H4904 for her among H8432 the slain H2491 with all H3605 her hordes H1995. Her graves H6913 are around H5439 it, they are all H3605 uncircumcised H6189, killed H2491 by the sword H2719 (although H3588 their terror H2851 was [fn]inflicted H5414 on the land H776 of the living H2416), and they bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953; [fn]they were put H5414 in the midst H8432 of the slain H2491.

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And they do not cry H2199 to Me from their heart H3820

When H3588 they wail H3213 on their beds H4904;

For H5921 the H5921 sake H5921 of H5921 grain H1715 and new H8492 wine H8492 they [fn]assemble H1481 themselves,

They turn H5493 against Me.

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Woe H1945 to those who devise H2803 wrongdoing H205,

Who practice H6466 evil H7451 on their beds H4904!

[fn]When morning H1242 comes, they do H6213 it,

Because H3588 it is in the power H410 of their hands H3027.

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