שָׁכַב

sha.khav · to lie down: lay down

Hebrew · Strong's H7901 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-kab' · 212 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to lie down: lay down H7901G 102
  • to lie down: have sex H7901I · a Meaning of 50
  • to lie down: be dead H7901J · a Meaning of 45
  • to lie down: sleep H7901H · a Meaning of 15

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁכַב 212 vb. lie down
Qal
1. lie down
2. = lodge (for night)
3. of sexual relations, lie with
4.
a. lie down in death
b. esp. in phr. lie down with his fathers
5. fig. = relax
Niph. Pu. = be lain with (sexually; subj. women), only as Qr for Kt [שָׁגֵל] Niph. Pu. q.v.
Hiph. lay
Hoph. laid

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 19:4 יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒ yish.ka.Vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

  2. Genesis 19:32 וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה ve.nish.ke.Vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

  3. Genesis 19:33 וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב va.tish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  4. Genesis 19:33 בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ be.shikh.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  5. Genesis 19:34 שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי sha.Khav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

  6. Genesis 19:34 שִׁכְבִ֣י shikh.Vi · A command to you: simple action

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

  7. Genesis 19:35 וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב va.tish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  8. Genesis 19:35 בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ be.shikh.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  9. Genesis 26:10 שָׁכַ֞ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  10. Genesis 28:11 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

  11. Genesis 28:13 שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  12. Genesis 30:15 יִשְׁכַּ֤ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

  13. Genesis 30:16 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

  14. Genesis 34:2 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

  15. Genesis 34:7 לִשְׁכַּב֙ lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

  16. Genesis 35:22 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙ vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  17. Genesis 39:7 שִׁכְבָ֥ה shikh.Vah · A command to you: simple action

    And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

  18. Genesis 39:10 לִשְׁכַּ֥ב lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

  19. Genesis 39:12 שִׁכְבָ֣ה shikh.Vah · A command to you: simple action

    And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

  20. Genesis 39:14 לִשְׁכַּ֣ב lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

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