שְׁכֹ֫בֶת
she.kho.vet
“copulation”
Definition
a (sexual) lying with
from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׁכֹ֫בֶת appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
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