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Lexicon :: Strong's H4904 - miškāḇ

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 -

“But unstable and reckless and boiling over like water [in sinful lust], you shall [fn]not excel or have the preeminence [of the firstborn],

Because you went up to your father’s bed [with Bilhah];

You defiled it—he went up to my couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your home, into your bedroom and on to your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

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“If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - ‘Every bed on which the one who has the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - ‘Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - ‘Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - ‘And if it is on her bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - ‘If a man actually lies with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - ‘Every bed on which she lies during the time of her discharge shall be to her like the bed of her menstrual impurity, and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, like the uncleanness of her monthly period.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - ‘You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - “Now therefore, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and 32,000 persons in all, of the [Midianite] women who were virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “And this is the thing that you shall do; you shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who [fn]is not a virgin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 -

So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, left and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they entered the house he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They [not only] struck and killed him, [but] they also beheaded him. Then they took his head and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - “How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 -

One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] [fn]roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David called him [to dinner], and he ate and drank with him, so that he [fn]made Uriah drunk; in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and [still] did not go down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab said to him, “Go to bed and pretend you are sick; and when your father [David] comes to see you, say to him, ‘Just let my sister Tamar come and serve me food, and let her prepare it in my sight, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, broad beans, lentils, and [other] roasted grain,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless (congratulate) our lord King David, saying, ‘May [fn]your God make the name of Solomon better (more famous) than your name and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself [before God] upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - One of his servants said, “None [of us is helping him], my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

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 him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 -

“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,

My couch will ease my complaint,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 -

“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],

When deep sleep falls on men

While slumbering upon the bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,

And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 -

Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;

Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 -

He plans wrongdoing on his bed;

He sets himself on a path that is not good;

He does not reject or despise evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 -

The LORD will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed;

In his illness, You will restore him to health.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 -

Let the godly ones exult in glory;

Let them sing for joy on their beds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:17

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“I have perfumed my bed

With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 -

If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],

Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Moreover, do not curse the king, even in your bedroom, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry the sound and a winged creature will make the matter known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:1

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(The Shulammite Bride)

“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one

Whom my soul loves;

I sought him but did not find him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 -

He enters into peace [through death];

They rest in their beds (graves),

Each one who walked uprightly [following God’s will, living with integrity].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:7

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“Upon a high and lofty mountain

You have [openly and shamelessly] made your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed;

Even there you went up to offer sacrifice [to idols, in spiritual unfaithfulness to Me].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

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“Behind the door and the doorpost

You have set up your [pagan] symbol;

Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself,

And have gone up and made your bed wide.

And you have made a [new] agreement for yourself with the adulterers,

You have loved their bed,

You have looked [with passion] on their [fn]manhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “The Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and they defiled her with their evil desire; and when she had been defiled by them, she (Jerusalem) broke the relationship and pushed them away from her in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - “They have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it; they are all uncircumcised (barbaric, boorish, crude), slain by the sword (for their terror had been spread in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were laid among the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 -

They do not cry out to Me from their heart

When they wail on their beds [in unbelieving despair];

For the sake of grain and new wine they [fn]assemble themselves [as if worshiping Baal];

They rebel against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

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Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness

And plot evil on their beds!

When morning comes, they practice evil

Because it is in the power of their hands.

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