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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 - But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and 32,000 virgin girls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Completely destroy[fn] all the males and every woman who is not a virgin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - One day Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ishbosheth’s house around noon as he was taking his midday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - They went into the house and found Ishbosheth sleeping on his bed. They struck and killed him and cut off his head. Then, taking his head with them, they fled across the Jordan Valley[fn] through the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - “Well,” Jonadab said, “I’ll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you’ll feel better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - They brought sleeping mats, cooking pots, serving bowls, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, lentils,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And all the royal officials have gone to King David and congratulated him, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon’s fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon’s reign be even greater than yours!’ Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - “It’s not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - He was buried in the tomb he had carved out for himself in the City of David. He was laid on a bed perfumed with sweet spices and fragrant ointments, and the people built a huge funeral fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they lie in their beds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,
with ceaseless aching in their bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Don’t sin by letting anger control you.
Think about it overnight and remain silent.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.
Their actions are never good.
They make no attempt to turn from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD nurses them when they are sick
and restores them to health.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 - Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them.
Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17 - I’ve 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 can’t pay it,
even your bed will be snatched from under you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.
And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
For a little bird might deliver your message
and tell them what you said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - Young Woman
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover.
I yearned for him, but he did not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - For those who follow godly paths
will rest in peace when they die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - You have committed adultery on every high mountain.
There you have worshiped idols
and have been unfaithful to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - You have put pagan symbols
on your doorposts and behind your doors.
You have left me
and climbed into bed with these detestable gods.
You have committed yourselves to them.
You love to look at their naked bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts.
Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.
They cut themselves,[fn] begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,
and they turn away from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
simply because you have the power to do so.
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