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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.
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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 have pre-eminence because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--you went up to my couch!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - the Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; 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 any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - And if any man lies with her, and 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 everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in 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 with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is 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 man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; 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 - Now the sons of Rimmon the Be-er'othite, Rechab and Ba'anah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bo'sheth, as he was taking his noonday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him. They took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand, and destroy you from the earth?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking upon the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch 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 - Jon'adab said to him, "Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be ill; and when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, 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, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans and lentils,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - Moreover the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'Your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.' And the king bowed himself upon 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 Eli'sha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in the tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier which had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's 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, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - "Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Be angry, but sin not; commune with your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:5 - Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches.

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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 your bed be taken from under you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich; for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and thither you went up to offer sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your symbol; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a bargain for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and after she was polluted by them, she turned from them in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, their graves round about her, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit; they are placed among the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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