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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 2 / 4 (Deu 27:21–1Ki 14:31)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - Cursed be he that lieth H7901 with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed be he that lieth H7901 with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed be he that lieth H7901 with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie H7901 with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep H7901 with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged H7901 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - And before they were laid down, H7901 she came up unto them upon the roof;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: H7901 at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Samson lay H7901 till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:4 - And it shall be, when he lieth down, H7901 that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, H7901 and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; H7901 and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down H7901 at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. H7901
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:8 - And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay H7901 at his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down H7901 until the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - And she lay H7901 at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay H7901 with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down H7901 in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down H7901 to sleep;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down H7901 again. And he went and lay down. H7901
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down H7901 again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: H7901 and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down H7901 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - And Samuel lay H7901 until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, H7901 and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay H7901 in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay H7901 sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay H7901 round about him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay H7901 on a bed at noon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - For when they came into the house, he lay H7901 on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep H7901 with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down H7901 to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:4 - And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay H7901 with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah slept H7901 at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie H7901 with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie H7901 on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay H7901 in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie H7901 with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay H7901 all night upon the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 - And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay H7901 with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down H7901 on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down, H7901 and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. H7901 And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie H7901 with me, my sister.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay H7901 with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:31 - Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay H7901 on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie H7901 in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep H7901 with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 - So David slept H7901 with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:19 - And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid H7901 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid H7901 it in her bosom, and laid H7901 her dead child in my bosom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept H7901 with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept H7901 with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept H7901 with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam slept H7901 with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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