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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 - Unstable H6349 as water, H4325 thou shalt not excel; H3498 because thou wentest up H5927 to thy father's H1 bed; H4904 then defiledst thou H2490 it: he went up H5927 to my couch. H3326

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - And the river H2975 shall bring forth H8317 ➔ frogs H6854 abundantly, H8317 which shall go up H5927 and come H935 into thine house, H1004 and into thy bedchamber, H2315 H4904 and upon thy bed, H4296 and into the house H1004 of thy servants, H5650 and upon thy people, H5971 and into thine ovens, H8574 and into thy kneadingtroughs: H4863

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - And if men H582 strive H7378 together, and one H376 smite H5221 another H7453 with a stone, H68 or H176 with his fist, H106 and he die H4191 not, but keepeth H5307 his bed: H4904

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Every bed, H4904 whereon he lieth H7901 that hath the issue, H2100 is unclean: H2930 and every thing, H3627 whereon he sitteth, H3427 shall be unclean. H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - And whosoever H376 toucheth H5060 his bed H4904 shall wash H3526 his clothes, H899 and bathe H7364 himself in water, H4325 and be unclean H2930 until the even. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - And whosoever toucheth H5060 her bed H4904 shall wash H3526 his clothes, H899 and bathe H7364 himself in water, H4325 and be unclean H2930 until the even. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - And if it be on her bed, H4904 or on any thing H3627 whereon she sitteth, H3427 when he toucheth H5060 it, he shall be unclean H2930 until the even. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - And if any man H376 lie H7901 with her at all, H7901 and her flowers H5079 be upon him, he shall be unclean H2930 seven H7651 days; H3117 and all the bed H4904 whereon he lieth H7901 shall be unclean. H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - Every bed H4904 whereon she lieth H7901 all the days H3117 of her issue H2101 shall be unto her as the bed H4904 of her separation: H5079 and whatsoever H3627 she sitteth H3427 upon shall be unclean, H2931 as the uncleanness H2932 of her separation. H5079

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - Thou shalt not lie H7901 with mankind, H2145 as with H4904 womankind: H802 it is abomination. H8441

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - If a man H376 also lie H7901 with mankind, H2145 as he lieth H4904 with a woman, H802 both H8147 of them have committed H6213 an abomination: H8441 they shall surely H4191 be put to death; H4191 their blood H1818 shall be upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now therefore kill H2026 every male H2145 among the little ones, H2945 and kill H2026 every woman H802 that hath known H3045 man H376 by lying H4904 with him. H2145

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - But all the women H802 children, H2945 that have not known H3045 a man H2145 by lying H4904 with him, keep alive H2421 for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - And thirty H7970 and two H8147 thousand H505 persons H5315 H120 in all, H3605 of women H802 that had not known H3045 man H2145 by lying H4904 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - And this is the thing H1697 that ye shall do, H6213 Ye shall utterly destroy H2763 every male, H2145 and every woman H802 that hath lain H4904 by man. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found H4672 among the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5291 virgins, H1330 that had known H3045 no man H376 by lying H4904 with any male: H2145 and they brought H935 them unto the camp H4264 to Shiloh, H7887 which is in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - And the sons H1121 of Rimmon H7417 the Beerothite, H886 Rechab H7394 and Baanah, H1196 went, H3212 and came H935 about the heat H2527 of the day H3117 to the house H1004 of Ishbosheth, H378 who lay H7901 on a bed H4904 at noon. H6672

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - For when they came H935 into the house, H1004 he lay H7901 on his bed H4296 in his bedchamber, H2315 H4904 and they smote H5221 him, and slew H4191 him, and beheaded H5493 him, and took H3947 his head, H7218 and gat them away H3212 through H1870 the plain H6160 all night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked H7563 men H582 have slain H2026 a righteous H6662 person H376 in his own house H1004 upon his bed? H4904 shall I not therefore now require H1245 his blood H1818 of your hand, H3027 and take you away H1197 from the earth? H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - And it came to pass in an eveningtide, H6153 H6256 that David H1732 arose H6965 from off his bed, H4904 and walked H1980 upon the roof H1406 of the king's H4428 house: H1004 and from the roof H1406 he saw H7200 a woman H802 washing H7364 herself; and the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H2896 to look upon. H4758

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - And when David H1732 had called H7121 him, he did eat H398 and drink H8354 before H6440 him; and he made him drunk: H7937 and at even H6153 he went out H3318 to lie H7901 on his bed H4904 with the servants H5650 of his lord, H113 but went not down H3381 to his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab H3082 said H559 unto him, Lay thee down H7901 on thy bed, H4904 and make thyself sick: H2470 and when thy father H1 cometh H935 to see H7200 thee, say H559 unto him, I pray thee, let my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come, H935 and give H1262 me meat, H3899 and dress H6213 the meat H1279 in my sight, H5869 that I may see H7200 it, and eat H398 it at her hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - Brought H5066 beds, H4904 and basons, H5592 and earthen H3335 vessels, H3627 and wheat, H2406 and barley, H8184 and flour, H7058 and parched H7039 corn, and beans, H6321 and lentiles, H5742 and parched H7039 pulse,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And moreover the king's H4428 servants H5650 came H935 to bless H1288 our lord H113 king H4428 David, H1732 saying, H559 God H430 make the name H8034 of Solomon H8010 better H3190 than thy name, H8034 and make H1431 ➔ his throne H3678 greater H1431 than thy throne. H3678 And the king H4428 bowed H7812 himself upon the bed. H4904

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one H259 of his servants H5650 said, H559 None, my lord, H113 O king: H4428 but Elisha, H477 the prophet H5030 that is in Israel, H3478 telleth H5046 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 the words H1697 that thou speakest H1696 in thy bedchamber. H2315 H4904

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried H6912 him in his own sepulchres, H6913 which he had made H3738 for himself in the city H5892 of David, H1732 and laid H7901 him in the bed H4904 which was filled H4390 with sweet odours H1314 and divers kinds H2177 of spices prepared H7543 by the apothecaries' H4842 art: H4639 and they made H8313 a very H3966 great H1419 burning H8316 for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - When I say, H559 My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 me, my couch H4904 shall ease H5375 my complaint; H7879

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - In a dream, H2472 in a vision H2384 of the night, H3915 when deep H8639 sleep falleth H5307 upon men, H582 in slumberings H8572 upon the bed; H4904

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - He is chastened H3198 also with pain H4341 upon his bed, H4904 and the multitude H7230 H7379 of his bones H6106 with strong H386 pain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Stand in awe, H7264 and sin H2398 not: commune H559 with your own heart H3824 upon your bed, H4904 and be still. H1826 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He deviseth H2803 mischief H205 upon his bed; H4904 he setteth H3320 himself in a way H1870 that is not good; H2896 he abhorreth H3988 not evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD H3068 will strengthen H5582 him upon the bed H6210 of languishing: H1741 thou wilt make H2015 all his bed H4904 in his sickness. H2483

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 - Let the saints H2623 be joyful H5937 in glory: H3519 let them sing aloud H7442 upon their beds. H4904

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17 - I have perfumed H5130 my bed H4904 with myrrh, H4753 aloes, H174 and cinnamon. H7076

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - If thou hast nothing to pay, H7999 why should he take away H3947 thy bed H4904 from under thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Curse H7043 not the king, H4428 no not in thy thought; H4093 and curse H7043 not the rich H6223 in thy bedchamber: H2315 H4904 for a bird H5775 of the air H8064 shall carry H3212 the voice, H6963 and that which hath H1167 wings H3671 shall tell H5046 the matter. H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - By night H3915 on my bed H4904 I sought H1245 him whom my soul H5315 loveth: H157 I sought H1245 him, but I found H4672 him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - He shall enter H935 into peace: H7965 they shall rest H5117 in their beds, H4904 each one walking H1980 in his uprightness. H5228

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - Upon a lofty H1364 and high H5375 mountain H2022 hast thou set H7760 thy bed: H4904 even thither wentest thou up H5927 to offer H2076 sacrifice. H2077

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - Behind H310 the doors H1817 also and the posts H4201 hast thou set up H7760 thy remembrance: H2146 for thou hast discovered H1540 thyself to another than me, and art gone up; H5927 thou hast enlarged H7337 thy bed, H4904 and made H3772 thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst H157 their bed H4904 where H3027 thou sawest H2372 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - And the Babylonians H1121 H894 came H935 to her into the bed H4904 of love, H1730 and they defiled H2930 her with their whoredom, H8457 and she was polluted H2930 with them, and her mind H5315 was alienated H3363 from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have set H5414 her a bed H4904 in the midst H8432 of the slain H2491 with all her multitude: H1995 her graves H6913 are round about H5439 him: all of them uncircumcised, H6189 slain H2491 by the sword: H2719 though their terror H2851 was caused H5414 in the land H776 of the living, H2416 yet have they borne H5375 their shame H3639 with them that go down H3381 to the pit: H953 he is put H5414 in the midst H8432 of them that be slain. H2491

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - And they have not cried H2199 unto me with their heart, H3820 when they howled H3213 upon their beds: H4904 they assemble H1481 themselves for corn H1715 and wine, H8492 and they rebel H5493 against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe H1945 to them that devise H2803 iniquity, H205 and work H6466 evil H7451 upon their beds! H4904 when the morning H1242 is light, H216 they practise H6213 it, because it is H3426 in the power H410 of their hand. H3027
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