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HebrewH7901Verb

שָׁכַב

sha.khav

182Occurrences
H7901Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
lay_down/lie_with 1) to lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on 1a2) to lodge 1a3) to lie (of sexual relations) 1a4) to lie down (in death) 1a5) to rest, relax (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) 1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) 1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down 1e) (Hophal) to be laid

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שָׁכַב appears 182 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
19
2 Kings
19
2 Samuel
18
Genesis
18
Deuteronomy
15
Leviticus
15
Ezk
12
2 Chronicles
11

Key Passages

1 Kings 1:2BSB

So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

2 Chronicles 32:33BSB

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

2 Samuel 4:5BSB

Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

Genesis 19:33BSB

So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Job 7:4BSB

When I lie down I think:‘When will I get up?’But the night drags on,and I toss and turn until dawn.

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