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Lexicon :: Strong's H7901 - šāḵaḇ

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שָׁכַב
Transliteration
šāḵaḇ
Pronunciation
shaw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2381

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x

The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x
The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. to lie down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lie, lie down, lie on

      2. to lodge

      3. to lie (of sexual relations)

      4. to lie down (in death)

      5. to rest, relax (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)

    3. (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)

    4. (Hiphil) to make to lie down

    5. (Hophal) to be laid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
STRONGS H7901: Abbreviations
שָׁכַב (LagBN 63) verb lie down (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; שכב Ecclus 47:23 (in death), משכב bed Ecclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, = death bed Ecclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenician שכב, משכב (see מ׳ 1 below), Lzb375; Ethiopic bdb101103 lie, Aramaic שְׁכַב, bdb101104; Nabataean משכבא couch; Arabic bdb101201 only pour out (water, tears), be poured out (compare Hiph. below, and LagBN 63)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 26:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּב Genesis 30:15 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכְּבֻן 1 Samuel 2:22, יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן Joshua 2:8; Job 30:17, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכַב 2 Samuel 13:5; Ezekiel 4:4, שִׁכְבָה Genesis 39:7, 12, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹב Leviticus 15:24; construct שְׁכַב 1 Kings 1:21 +, suffix שָׁכְבוֺ Ruth 3:4, שִׁכְבָהּ Genesis 19:33, 35, שָׁכְבְּךָ Deuteronomy 6:7 + 2 times; Participle שֹׁכֵב Genesis 28:13 +, feminine שֹׁכֶ֫בֶת Micah 7:5; Ruth 3:8, etc.; —
1. lie down (sometimes opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ):
a. Judges 5:27 (prostrated by blow, + כָּרַע, נָפַל).
b. to sleep, Genesis 19:4 (J), Genesis 28:11 (E), 1 Samuel 3:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Proverbs 6:22 + often; read וַיִּשְׁכַּב also (for וַיַּשְׁכֵּם) 1 Samuel 9:26 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern; שׁ׳ + יָשֵׁן sleep 1 Kings 19:5; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9, compare Proverbs 3:24 (twice in verse), + נִרְדָּם Jonah 1:5; = be lying 1 Samuel 3:2, 3; 1 Samuel 26:5 (all בְּ local), 1 Samuel 26:7; 1 Samuel 4:5 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb noon-repose), 2 Samuel 13:8, compare שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶביָֿם Proverbs 23:34, of two lying (together, for warmth) Ecclesiastes 4:11; + be sleeping 1 Samuel 26:7 = keep lying, with עַד Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 3:15; Ruth 3:13; Proverbs 6:9; emphasis on resting, Leviticus 26:6 (H), Job 11:18; token of mourning, וְשָׁכַב אָ֑רְצָה (וְלָן) 2 Samuel 12:16, compare 2 Samuel 13:21, בַּשָּׂק שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:27, בֵּין שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם שׁ׳ Psalm 68:14 (of indolence?); figurative of prostration by disease Psalm 41:9; among foes Psalm 57:5; of humiliation Jeremiah 3:25; with עַל of thing: land Genesis 28:13 (J), usually bed 2 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 21:4; Leviticus 15:4, 24, 26, compare Leviticus 15:20, for midday repose 2 Samuel 4:7.
c. lie on (עַל) one's side Ezekiel 4:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:6, 9 (symbolic).
d. lie, עַל person 1 Kings 3:19 (fatally), 2 Kings 4:34 (to revive).
e. lie בְּחֵיק, of lamb (i.e. be cherished) 2 Samuel 12:3, of woman Micah 7:5 (intimacy), 1 Kings 1:2 (vital warmth); lie down for copulation Genesis 19:33, 35 (of woman, see 3 below; both opposed to קוּם).
2. = lodge (for night), (שָׁ֫מָּהׅ שׁ׳ Joshua 2:1 (E), 2 Kings 4:11, compare 2 Kings 9:16 (yet perhaps = lie ill), Leviticus 14:47 (בְּ local).
3..of sexual relations, lie with: subject man, with עִם Genesis 30:15, 16; Genesis 39:7, 12, 14 (J), Exodus 22:13 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22 + 8 times Deuteronomy; 2 Samuel 11:4, 11; 2 Samuel 12:11, 24; Leviticus 15:33; with אֶת feminine with (MT אֹתָהּ, etc., originally אִתָּהּ, etc., see Dr 2 Samuel 13:14 and II. אֵת, above), Genesis 26:10; Genesis 34:2, 7; Genesis 35:22 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and modern), 2 Samuel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:8 (figurative), Leviticus 15:24 (שָׁכֹב יִשְׁכַּב), Numbers 5:19, also (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שִׁכְבַתזֶֿרַע) Numbers 5:13; Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 19:20; with accusative (suffix) feminine Deuteronomy 28:30 Kt (see [שָׁגֵל]); with אֵצֶל feminine Genesis 39:10 (J); with אֵת of a man (sodomy), Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה); with עִםבְּֿהֵמָה Deuteronomy 27:21; Leviticus 22:18 (H); subject woman, with עִם of a man Genesis 19:32, 34, 35 (J) 2 Samuel 13:11; אֵת of a man Genesis 19:33, 34 (compare 1e above).
4.
a. lie down in death, Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17 (opposed to קוּם), Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:27, 28, 29, 30; Job 14:12 (opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ), וְאֶשְׁקוֺט שׁ׳ Job 3:12; be lying (dead) Isaiah 51:20; Lamentations 2:21.
b. especially in phrase עִם אֲבוֺתָיו שׁ׳ lie down with his fathers, of kings 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10 + 35 times Kings Chronicles, compare Genesis 47:30 (J) Deuteronomy 31:16, and (with אֵת) 2 Samuel 7:12
c. in grave, בְּבֵיתוֺ Isaiah 14:18 (opposed to מִקִּבְרְךָ), שֹׁכְבֵי קֶבֶר Psalm 88:6; לֶעָפָר Job 7:21, עַלעֿ׳ Job 20:11; Job 21:26; in She'ôl Ezekiel 32:21; in Gehenna (?) Isaiah 50:11.
5. figurative = relax: Job 30:17 my gnawing pains do not sleep; = have rest, לִבּוֺ לֹא שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 2:23.
Niph. Pu. = be lain with (sexually; subject woman), only as Qr for Kt [שָׁגֵל] Niph. Pu. which see.
Hiph. lay, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁכִּיבָה with accusative puer. + בְּחֵיק 1 Kings 3:20, so Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ 1 Kings 3:20, compare (עַלמִֿטָּה) 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:21; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁכֵּב אוֺתָם אַ֫רְצָה 2 Samuel 8:2 making them lie down on ground; Imperfect also lay בַּמִּשְׁכָּב 2 Chronicles 16:14 (of burial); נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב Job 38:37 i.e. tip them so that contents may flow out (compare Arabic bdb101202 above).
Hoph. Participle מֻשְׁכָּב 2 Kings 4:32 laid עַלמִֿטָּה; Perfect consecutive וְהֻשְׁכַּב Ezekiel 32:32 shall be laid (in death), with בְּתוֺךְ and אֵת person (with); so Imperative masculine singular הָשְׁכְּבָה Ezekiel 32:19 (with אֵת person only).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:4; 19:32; 19:33; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 19:35; 19:35; 19:35; 26:10; 26:10; 28:11; 28:13; 28:13; 30:15; 30:15; 30:16; 34:2; 34:7; 35:22; 39:7; 39:7; 39:10; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 47:30

Exodus

22:13

Leviticus

14:47; 15:4; 15:18; 15:20; 15:24; 15:24; 15:24; 15:26; 15:33; 18:22; 19:20; 20:13; 22:18; 26:6

Numbers

5:13; 5:19

Deuteronomy

6:7; 7:7; 22:22; 27:21; 28:30; 31:16

Joshua

2:1; 2:8

Judges

5:27; 16:3

Ruth

3:4; 3:8; 3:13

1 Samuel

2:22; 2:22; 3:2; 3:3; 3:5; 3:15; 4:5; 9:26; 26:5; 26:7; 26:7

2 Samuel

4:7; 7:12; 8:2; 11:4; 11:11; 12:3; 12:11; 12:16; 12:24; 13:5; 13:5; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:14; 13:21

1 Kings

1:2; 1:21; 1:21; 2:10; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 17:19; 19:5; 21:4; 21:27

2 Kings

4:11; 4:21; 4:32; 4:34; 9:16

2 Chronicles

16:14

Job

3:12; 7:21; 11:18; 14:12; 20:11; 21:26; 30:17; 30:17; 38:37

Psalms

3:6; 41:9; 57:5; 68:14; 88:6

Proverbs

3:24; 6:9; 6:22; 23:34

Ecclesiastes

2:23; 4:11

Isaiah

14:8; 14:18; 43:17; 50:11; 51:20

Jeremiah

3:25

Lamentations

2:21

Ezekiel

4:4; 4:4; 4:6; 4:9; 23:8; 31:18; 32:19; 32:21; 32:27; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:32

Jonah

1:5

Micah

7:5; 7:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7901 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַב (šāḵaḇ),
which occurs 213 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 4 (Job 30:17–Zec 14:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:17 -

“At night it pierces my bones [fn]within me,

And my gnawing pains take H7901 no rest H7901.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 -

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

Or tip H7901 the water jars of the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 -

“Under the lotus plants it lies H7901 down H7901,

In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 -

[fn]I lay H7901 down H7901 and slept;

I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -

In peace I will [fn]both lie H7901 down H7901 and sleep,

For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:8 -

“A vile thing is poured out [fn]upon him,

That when he lies H7901 down H7901, he will not rise up again.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -

My soul is among lions;

I am lying H7901 down H7901 among those who breathe forth fire,

Sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows

And their tongue a sharp sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -

If you men lie H7901 down H7901 among the [fn]sheepfolds,

You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 -

Released among the dead,

Like the slain who lie H7901 in the grave,

Whom You remember no more,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:24 -

When you lie H7901 down H7901, you will not be in dread;

You will lie H7901 down H7901, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 -

How long will you lie H7901 down H7901, O sluggard?

When will you arise from your sleep?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 -

“A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to [fn]rest H7901”—

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 -

When you walk about, [fn]they will lead you;

When you sleep H7901, [fn]they will keep watch over you;

And when you awake, [fn]they will speak to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:34 -

And you will be like one who lies H7901 down H7901 in the heart of the sea,

Or like one who lies H7901 down H7901 on the top of a [fn]mast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 -

“A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to rest H7901,”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - Because all his days his endeavor is painful and vexing; even at night his heart does not lie H7901 down H7901. This too is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie H7901 down H7901 together they [fn]keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:16 -

Their infants also will be dashed to pieces

Before their eyes;

Their houses will be plundered

And their wives ravished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 -

“Even the cypress trees are glad over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,

‘Since you were laid H7901 low H7901, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:18 -

“All the kings of the nations lie H7901 in glory,

Each in his own [fn]place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17 -

Who brings forth the chariot and the horse,

The military force and the mighty man;

They will lie H7901 down H7901 together and not rise again;

They have been extinguished and quenched like a wick:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 -

Behold, all you who kindle a fire,

Who gird yourselves with firebrands,

Walk in the light of your fire

And among the brands you have set ablaze.

This you will have from My hand:

You will lie H7901 down H7901 in torment.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 -

Your sons have fainted;

They lie H7901 helpless at the head of every street,

Like an antelope in a net,

Full of the wrath of Yahweh,

The rebuke of your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 -

His watchmen are blind;

All of them know nothing.

All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

[fn]Dreamers lying H7901 down H7901, who love to slumber;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:2 -

“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see;

Where have you not been ravished?

By the roads you have sat for them

Like [fn]an Arab in the wilderness,

And you have polluted a land

With your harlotry and with your evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - “Let us lie H7901 down H7901 in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 -

Shin

On the ground in the streets

Lie H7901 young and old;

My virgins and my young men

Have fallen by the sword.

You have killed them in the day of Your anger;

You have slaughtered, not sparing.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:4 -

“Now as for you, lie H7901 down H7901 on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie H7901 on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:6 - “And you shall complete these, and you shall lie H7901 down H7901 a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 -

“Now as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; set them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie H7901 on your side, 390 days.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8 - “She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth [fn]men had lain H7901 with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their harlotry on her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 -

“To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie H7901 in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:19 -

‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?

Go down and make H7901 your bed H7901 with the uncircumcised.’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21 - “The [fn]dominant among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down, they lie H7901 still H7901, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:27 - “Nor do they lie H7901 beside the fallen mighty ones of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were put under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these mighty ones was once in the land of the living.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:28 - “But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie H7901 with those slain by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 -

“There also is Edom, its kings, and all its [fn]princes, who [fn]for all their might are put with those slain by the sword; they will lie H7901 with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 -

“There also are the [fn]chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their dishonor with those who go down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:32 - “Though I put a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made H7901 to H7901 lie H7901 down H7901 among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 -

“And in that day I will cut a covenant for them

With the beasts of the field,

The birds of the sky,

And the creeping things of the ground.

And I will break the bow, the sword, and war from the land,

And I will make them lie H7901 down H7901 in security.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 -

Those who lay H7901 down on beds of ivory

And sprawl on their couches

And eat lambs from the flock

And calves from the midst of the stall,

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Then the sailors became fearful, and every man cried to his god, and they hurled the [fn]cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it [fn]for them. But Jonah had gone down below into the innermost part of the vessel, lain H7901 down H7901, and fallen deep asleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:5 -

Do not believe in a neighbor;

Do not have confidence in a close companion.

From her who lies H7901 in your bosom

Guard the openings of your mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.

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