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Lexicon :: Strong's H7901 - šāḵaḇ

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שָׁכַב
Transliteration
šāḵaḇ
Pronunciation
shaw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2381

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x

The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x
The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. to lie down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lie, lie down, lie on

      2. to lodge

      3. to lie (of sexual relations)

      4. to lie down (in death)

      5. to rest, relax (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)

    3. (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)

    4. (Hiphil) to make to lie down

    5. (Hophal) to be laid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
STRONGS H7901: Abbreviations
שָׁכַב (LagBN 63) verb lie down (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; שכב Ecclus 47:23 (in death), משכב bed Ecclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, = death bed Ecclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenician שכב, משכב (see מ׳ 1 below), Lzb375; Ethiopic bdb101103 lie, Aramaic שְׁכַב, bdb101104; Nabataean משכבא couch; Arabic bdb101201 only pour out (water, tears), be poured out (compare Hiph. below, and LagBN 63)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 26:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּב Genesis 30:15 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכְּבֻן 1 Samuel 2:22, יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן Joshua 2:8; Job 30:17, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכַב 2 Samuel 13:5; Ezekiel 4:4, שִׁכְבָה Genesis 39:7, 12, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹב Leviticus 15:24; construct שְׁכַב 1 Kings 1:21 +, suffix שָׁכְבוֺ Ruth 3:4, שִׁכְבָהּ Genesis 19:33, 35, שָׁכְבְּךָ Deuteronomy 6:7 + 2 times; Participle שֹׁכֵב Genesis 28:13 +, feminine שֹׁכֶ֫בֶת Micah 7:5; Ruth 3:8, etc.; —
1. lie down (sometimes opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ):
a. Judges 5:27 (prostrated by blow, + כָּרַע, נָפַל).
b. to sleep, Genesis 19:4 (J), Genesis 28:11 (E), 1 Samuel 3:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Proverbs 6:22 + often; read וַיִּשְׁכַּב also (for וַיַּשְׁכֵּם) 1 Samuel 9:26 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern; שׁ׳ + יָשֵׁן sleep 1 Kings 19:5; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9, compare Proverbs 3:24 (twice in verse), + נִרְדָּם Jonah 1:5; = be lying 1 Samuel 3:2, 3; 1 Samuel 26:5 (all בְּ local), 1 Samuel 26:7; 1 Samuel 4:5 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb noon-repose), 2 Samuel 13:8, compare שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶביָֿם Proverbs 23:34, of two lying (together, for warmth) Ecclesiastes 4:11; + be sleeping 1 Samuel 26:7 = keep lying, with עַד Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 3:15; Ruth 3:13; Proverbs 6:9; emphasis on resting, Leviticus 26:6 (H), Job 11:18; token of mourning, וְשָׁכַב אָ֑רְצָה (וְלָן) 2 Samuel 12:16, compare 2 Samuel 13:21, בַּשָּׂק שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:27, בֵּין שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם שׁ׳ Psalm 68:14 (of indolence?); figurative of prostration by disease Psalm 41:9; among foes Psalm 57:5; of humiliation Jeremiah 3:25; with עַל of thing: land Genesis 28:13 (J), usually bed 2 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 21:4; Leviticus 15:4, 24, 26, compare Leviticus 15:20, for midday repose 2 Samuel 4:7.
c. lie on (עַל) one's side Ezekiel 4:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:6, 9 (symbolic).
d. lie, עַל person 1 Kings 3:19 (fatally), 2 Kings 4:34 (to revive).
e. lie בְּחֵיק, of lamb (i.e. be cherished) 2 Samuel 12:3, of woman Micah 7:5 (intimacy), 1 Kings 1:2 (vital warmth); lie down for copulation Genesis 19:33, 35 (of woman, see 3 below; both opposed to קוּם).
2. = lodge (for night), (שָׁ֫מָּהׅ שׁ׳ Joshua 2:1 (E), 2 Kings 4:11, compare 2 Kings 9:16 (yet perhaps = lie ill), Leviticus 14:47 (בְּ local).
3..of sexual relations, lie with: subject man, with עִם Genesis 30:15, 16; Genesis 39:7, 12, 14 (J), Exodus 22:13 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22 + 8 times Deuteronomy; 2 Samuel 11:4, 11; 2 Samuel 12:11, 24; Leviticus 15:33; with אֶת feminine with (MT אֹתָהּ, etc., originally אִתָּהּ, etc., see Dr 2 Samuel 13:14 and II. אֵת, above), Genesis 26:10; Genesis 34:2, 7; Genesis 35:22 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and modern), 2 Samuel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:8 (figurative), Leviticus 15:24 (שָׁכֹב יִשְׁכַּב), Numbers 5:19, also (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שִׁכְבַתזֶֿרַע) Numbers 5:13; Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 19:20; with accusative (suffix) feminine Deuteronomy 28:30 Kt (see [שָׁגֵל]); with אֵצֶל feminine Genesis 39:10 (J); with אֵת of a man (sodomy), Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה); with עִםבְּֿהֵמָה Deuteronomy 27:21; Leviticus 22:18 (H); subject woman, with עִם of a man Genesis 19:32, 34, 35 (J) 2 Samuel 13:11; אֵת of a man Genesis 19:33, 34 (compare 1e above).
4.
a. lie down in death, Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17 (opposed to קוּם), Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:27, 28, 29, 30; Job 14:12 (opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ), וְאֶשְׁקוֺט שׁ׳ Job 3:12; be lying (dead) Isaiah 51:20; Lamentations 2:21.
b. especially in phrase עִם אֲבוֺתָיו שׁ׳ lie down with his fathers, of kings 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10 + 35 times Kings Chronicles, compare Genesis 47:30 (J) Deuteronomy 31:16, and (with אֵת) 2 Samuel 7:12
c. in grave, בְּבֵיתוֺ Isaiah 14:18 (opposed to מִקִּבְרְךָ), שֹׁכְבֵי קֶבֶר Psalm 88:6; לֶעָפָר Job 7:21, עַלעֿ׳ Job 20:11; Job 21:26; in She'ôl Ezekiel 32:21; in Gehenna (?) Isaiah 50:11.
5. figurative = relax: Job 30:17 my gnawing pains do not sleep; = have rest, לִבּוֺ לֹא שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 2:23.
Niph. Pu. = be lain with (sexually; subject woman), only as Qr for Kt [שָׁגֵל] Niph. Pu. which see.
Hiph. lay, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁכִּיבָה with accusative puer. + בְּחֵיק 1 Kings 3:20, so Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ 1 Kings 3:20, compare (עַלמִֿטָּה) 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:21; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁכֵּב אוֺתָם אַ֫רְצָה 2 Samuel 8:2 making them lie down on ground; Imperfect also lay בַּמִּשְׁכָּב 2 Chronicles 16:14 (of burial); נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב Job 38:37 i.e. tip them so that contents may flow out (compare Arabic bdb101202 above).
Hoph. Participle מֻשְׁכָּב 2 Kings 4:32 laid עַלמִֿטָּה; Perfect consecutive וְהֻשְׁכַּב Ezekiel 32:32 shall be laid (in death), with בְּתוֺךְ and אֵת person (with); so Imperative masculine singular הָשְׁכְּבָה Ezekiel 32:19 (with אֵת person only).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:4; 19:32; 19:33; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 19:35; 19:35; 19:35; 26:10; 26:10; 28:11; 28:13; 28:13; 30:15; 30:15; 30:16; 34:2; 34:7; 35:22; 39:7; 39:7; 39:10; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 47:30

Exodus

22:13

Leviticus

14:47; 15:4; 15:18; 15:20; 15:24; 15:24; 15:24; 15:26; 15:33; 18:22; 19:20; 20:13; 22:18; 26:6

Numbers

5:13; 5:19

Deuteronomy

6:7; 7:7; 22:22; 27:21; 28:30; 31:16

Joshua

2:1; 2:8

Judges

5:27; 16:3

Ruth

3:4; 3:8; 3:13

1 Samuel

2:22; 2:22; 3:2; 3:3; 3:5; 3:15; 4:5; 9:26; 26:5; 26:7; 26:7

2 Samuel

4:7; 7:12; 8:2; 11:4; 11:11; 12:3; 12:11; 12:16; 12:24; 13:5; 13:5; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:14; 13:21

1 Kings

1:2; 1:21; 1:21; 2:10; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 17:19; 19:5; 21:4; 21:27

2 Kings

4:11; 4:21; 4:32; 4:34; 9:16

2 Chronicles

16:14

Job

3:12; 7:21; 11:18; 14:12; 20:11; 21:26; 30:17; 30:17; 38:37

Psalms

3:6; 41:9; 57:5; 68:14; 88:6

Proverbs

3:24; 6:9; 6:22; 23:34

Ecclesiastes

2:23; 4:11

Isaiah

14:8; 14:18; 43:17; 50:11; 51:20

Jeremiah

3:25

Lamentations

2:21

Ezekiel

4:4; 4:4; 4:6; 4:9; 23:8; 31:18; 32:19; 32:21; 32:27; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:32

Jonah

1:5

Micah

7:5; 7:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7901 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַב (šāḵaḇ),
which occurs 213 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 19:4–Deu 27:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before they lay H7901 down H7901, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people [fn]from every quarter;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - “Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and let’s sleep H7901 with him so that we may keep [fn]our family alive through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept H7901 with her father; and he did not know when she lay H7901 down H7901 or got up.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept H7901 last night with my father; let’s make him drink wine tonight too, then you go in and sleep H7901 with him, so that we may keep [fn]our family alive through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept H7901 with him; and he did not know when she lay H7901 down H7901 or got up.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept H7901 with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he [fn]happened upon a [fn]particular place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and made it a support for his head, and lay H7901 down H7901 in that place.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - Then behold, the LORD was standing [fn]above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie H7901 I will give to you and to your [fn]descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - But she said to her, “Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son’s mandrakes also?” So Rachel said, “Therefore he may sleep H7901 with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept H7901 with her that night.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay H7901 with her and raped her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard about it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a [fn]disgraceful thing in Israel by [fn]sleeping H7901 with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

And it came about, while Israel was living in that land, that Reuben went and slept H7901 with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And it came about after these events that his master’s wife [fn]had her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Sleep H7901 with me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie H7901 beside her or be with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - So she grabbed him by his garment, saying, “Sleep H7901 with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought in a [fn]Hebrew to us to make fun of us; he came in to me to sleep H7901 with me, and I [fn]screamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - but when I [fn]lie H7901 down H7901 with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 -

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not [fn]betrothed and sleeps H7901 with her, he must pay a [fn]dowry for her to be his wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 -

“Whoever has H7901 sexual H7901 intercourse H7901 with an animal must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [fn]body. What else is he to sleep H7901 in? And it will come about that when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for I am gracious.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - “Likewise, whoever lies H7901 down H7901 in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - ‘Every bed on which the man with the discharge lies H7901 becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18 - ‘If a man sleeps H7901 with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:20 - ‘Everything also on which she lies H7901 during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - ‘If a man actually H7901 sleeps H7901 with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies H7901 shall be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - ‘Any bed on which she lies H7901 all the days of her discharge shall be to her like [fn]her bed at menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like [fn]her uncleanness at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps H7901 with an unclean woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - ‘You shall not sleep H7901 with a male as [fn]one sleeps H7901 with a female; it is an abomination.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 -

‘Now if a man has H7901 sexual relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps H7901 with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death, they have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps H7901 with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed [fn]incest, and have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps H7901 with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps H7901 with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; so both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps H7901 with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - ‘I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie H7901 down H7901, with no one to make you afraid. I shall also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man has H7901 sexual H7901 relations with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she remains undiscovered, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had H7901 sexual H7901 relations H7901 with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be [fn]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness,

And like a lion it raises itself;

It will not lie H7901 down H7901 until it devours the prey,

And drinks the blood of those slain.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 -

“He [fn]crouches, he lies H7901 down H7901 like a lion,

And like a lioness, who [fn]dares to rouse him?

Blessed is everyone who blesses you,

And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:7 - “And you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie H7901 down H7901, and when you get up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:19 - “You shall also teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie H7901 down H7901, and when you get up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 -

“If a man is found sleeping H7901 with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who slept H7901 with the woman, and the woman; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 -

“If there is a girl who is a virgin [fn]betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps H7901 with her,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 -

“But if the man finds the girl who is betrothed in the field, and the man seizes her and [fn]rapes H7901 her, then only the man who [fn]raped H7901 her shall die.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 -

“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and has H7901 sexual H7901 relations H7901 with her, and they are discovered,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - then the man who had H7901 sexual H7901 relations H7901 with her shall give the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he has violated her; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:12 - “And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep H7901 with his pledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - “When the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep H7901 in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 -

‘Cursed is he who sleeps H7901 with his father’s wife, because he has [fn]uncovered his father’s garment.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’


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