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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 3 / 4 (1Ki 15:8–Job 27:19)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abijam [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Asa became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David; and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasha [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Omri [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But he said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her [fn]arms and carried him up to the upstairs room where he was living, and laid H7901 him on his own bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - Then he lay H7901 down H7901 and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay H7901 down H7901 again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab entered his house sullen and furious because of the [fn]answer that Naboth the Jezreelite had given to him, since he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay H7901 down H7901 on his bed and turned his face away, and ate no [fn]food.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 -

Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put [fn]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay H7901 in sackcloth and went about despondently.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoram became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 -

Now [fn]one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and [fn]rested H7901.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up and laid H7901 him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 -

When Elisha entered the house, behold the boy was dead, laid H7901 on his bed.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he got up on the bed and lay H7901 on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, his hands on his hands, and he bent down on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - So Joram [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, since Joram was lying H7901 there recovering. And Ahaziah the king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - And Jehu [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And his son Jehoahaz became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - And Jehoahaz [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and his son Joash became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - So Jehoash [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and his son Jeroboam became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - And Jeroboam [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7 - And Azariah [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:22 - And Menahem [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - And Jotham [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - So Ahaz [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manasseh [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and his son Amon became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:6 - So Jehoiakim [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 -

[fn]So Abijah [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and his son Asa became king in his place. The land was undisturbed for ten years during his days.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - So Asa [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid H7901 him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 -

Then Jehoshaphat [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jehoram became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So Uzziah [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He had leprosy.” And his son Jotham became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - So Ahaz [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in the [fn]upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 -

“For now I would have lain H7901 down H7901 and been quiet;

I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 -

“When I lie H7901 down H7901, I say,

‘When shall I arise?’

But the night continues,

And I am continually tossing until dawn.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 -

“Why then do You not forgive my wrongdoing

And take away my [fn]guilt?

For now I will lie H7901 down H7901 in the dust;

And You will search for me, but I will no longer exist.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 -

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;

And you would look around and rest H7901 securely.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 -

So a man lies H7901 down H7901 and does not rise.

Until the heavens no longer exist,

[fn]He will not awake nor be woken from [fn]his sleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:11 -

“His bones are full of his youthful strength,

But it lies H7901 down H7901 with him [fn]in the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:26 -

“Together they lie H7901 down H7901 in the dust,

And maggots cover them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 -

“He lies H7901 down H7901 rich, but never [fn]again;

He opens his eyes, and it no longer exists.


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