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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 Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - ‘And 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 - ‘Whoever 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 - ‘If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, 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 - ‘And if any man lies with her at all, so that her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean 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 all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - ‘You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - “Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately.

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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 has known a man intimately.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - So 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 - Then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.

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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 person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - So Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, 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 and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, “None, 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 made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.

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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, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Be angry, and do not sin.
Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself in a way that is not good;
He does not abhor evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will sustain him on his sickbed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 - Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17 - 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,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - “On a lofty and high mountain
You have set your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their nudity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
And they defiled her with their immorality;
So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have set her bed in the midst of the slain,
With all her multitude,
With her graves all around it,
All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
Though their terror was caused
In the land of the living,
Yet they bear their shame
With those who go down to the Pit;
It was put in the midst of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They assemble together for[fn] grain and new wine,
They rebel against Me;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And work out evil on their beds!
At morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
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