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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - (LXX 7:28) and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bed-chambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - And if any one shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote to destruction, but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found [fn]among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - and Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - And now evil men have slain a righteous man in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon thy bed, and make thyself sick, and thy father shall come in to see thee; and thou shalt say to him, Let, I pray thee, Themar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - brought ten embroidered beds, (with double coverings,) and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God [fn]make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisaie the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatsoever thou mayest say in [fn]thy bedchamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones is benumbed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - (LXX 4:5) [fn] Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - (LXX 35:5) He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - (LXX 40:4) May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 - The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exult on their beds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17 - I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed that is under thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - in the midst of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
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