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Lexicon :: Strong's H7902 - šᵊḵāḇâ

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שְׁכָבָה
Transliteration
šᵊḵāḇâ
Pronunciation
shek-aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2381a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁכָבָה shᵉkâbâh, shek-aw-baw'; from H7901; a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act):—× carnally, copulation, × lay, seed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H7902 in the following manner: copulation (3x), lie (2x), carnally (2x), from him (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H7902 in the following manner: copulation (3x), lie (2x), carnally (2x), from him (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. act of lying, layer, coating

    1. act of lying (of sexual relations)

    2. layer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁכָבָה shᵉkâbâh, shek-aw-baw'; from H7901; a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act):—× carnally, copulation, × lay, seed.
STRONGS H7902: Abbreviations
† [שְׁכָבָה] noun feminine act of lying, layer; — only construct שִׁכְבַת all P; —
1. act of lying, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שׁכב 3: שִׁכְבַתזָֿ֑רַע Leviticus 15:18 a man lies with her a lying of seed (in copulation), compare Leviticus 19:20; Numbers 5:13; then (= semen), תֵּצֵא שִׁכְבַתזָֿ֑רַע Leviticus 15:16, 32; Leviticus 22:4 (+ מִמֶּנּוּ), ז׳ שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 15:17.
2. layer of dew, שִׁכְבַת הַטָּ֑ל Exodus 16:13, 14 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:13; 16:14

Leviticus

15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 15:32; 19:20; 22:4

Numbers

5:13

H7902

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7902 matches the Hebrew שְׁכָבָה (šᵊḵāḇâ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:16 - “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18 - If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - “If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - if a man lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act,
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