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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 2 / 4 (Deu 27:21–1Ki 14:31)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 -

‘Cursed is one who has H7901 sexual H7901 intercourse H7901 with any animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 -

‘Cursed is he who sleeps H7901 with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 -

‘Cursed is he who sleeps H7901 with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - “You will [fn]betroth a woman, but another man will [fn]violate her; you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not make use of its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to [fn]lie H7901 down H7901 with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the prostitute with the foreign gods of the land into the midst of which they are going, and they will abandon Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 -

Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and rested H7901 there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 -

Now before [fn]the spies lay H7901 down H7901, she came up to them on the roof,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 -

“Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay H7901;

Between her feet he bowed, he fell;

Where he bowed, there he fell [fn]dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - Now Samson lay H7901 asleep until midnight, and at midnight he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two doorposts, and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:4 - “And it shall be when he lies H7901 down H7901, that you shall [fn]take notice of the place where he lies H7901, and you shall go and uncover his feet and lie H7901 down H7901; then he will tell you what you should do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - When Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie H7901 down H7901 at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay H7901 down H7901.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:8 - And it happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and [fn]bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying H7901 at his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - “Remain this night, and when morning comes, if he will [fn]redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to [fn]redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie H7901 down H7901 until morning.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 -

So she lay H7901 at his feet until morning, and got up before one person could recognize another; and he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 -

Now Eli was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they slept H7901 with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 -

But it happened at that time as Eli was lying H7901 down H7901 in his place (now his eyesight had begun to be [fn]poor and he could not see well),

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying H7901 down H7901 in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, go back and lie H7901 down H7901.” So he went and lay H7901 down H7901.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son, go back and lie H7901 down H7901.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie H7901 down H7901, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay H7901 down H7901 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 -

So Samuel lay H7901 down H7901 until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - David then set out and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw the place where Saul lay H7901, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul was lying H7901 in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay H7901 sleeping inside the circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying H7901 around him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 -

So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, departed and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while he was taking H7901 his midday rest.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they had come into the house, as he was lying H7901 on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him, and they beheaded him. And they took his head and [fn]traveled by way of the Arabah all night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When your days are finished and you [fn]lie H7901 down H7901 with your fathers, I will raise up your [fn]descendant after you, who will come from [fn]you, and I will establish his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

And he [fn]defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:4 - Then David sent messengers and [fn]had her brought, and when she came to him, he slept H7901 with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah slept H7901 at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Should I then go to my house to eat and drink and to sleep H7901 with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David summoned [fn]Uriah, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he made [fn]Uriah drunk; and in the evening Uriah went out to lie H7901 on his bed with his lord’s servants, and he still did not go down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 -

“But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb

Which he bought and nurtured;

And it grew up together with him and his children.

It would eat [fn]scraps from him and drink from his cup and lie H7901 [fn]in his lap,

And was like a daughter to him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will sleep H7901 with your wives in [fn]broad daylight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay H7901 all night on the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 -

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and slept H7901 with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab then said to him, “Lie H7901 down H7901 on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please have my sister Tamar come and give me food to eat, and have her prepare the [fn]food in my sight, so that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay H7901 down H7901 and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please have my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of pastries in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, and he was lying H7901 in bed. And she took dough, kneaded it, made pastries in his sight, and baked the pastries.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep H7901 with me, my sister.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - However, he would not listen to [fn]her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and slept H7901 with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:31 - Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay H7901 on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said to him, “Have them search for a young virgin for my lord the king, and have her [fn]attend the king and become his nurse; and have her lie H7901 on your chest, so that my lord the king may keep warm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - “Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king [fn]lies H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered [fn]offenders.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 -

Then David [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:19 - “Then this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay H7901 on him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - “So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she laid H7901 him at her breast, and laid H7901 her dead son at my breast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, so that I may go to my own country.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - Then Solomon [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And his son Abijam became king in his place.

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