שָׁכַב

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)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Samuel 2:22 יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙ yish.ke.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

2. 1 Samuel 3:2 שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

   And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

3. 1 Samuel 3:3 שֹׁכֵ֑ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

   and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;

4. 1 Samuel 3:5 שְׁכָ֑ב she.Khav · A command to you: simple action

   And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

5. 1 Samuel 3:5 וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ ס vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

6. 1 Samuel 3:6 שְׁכָֽב׃ she.Khav · A command to you: simple action

   And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

7. 1 Samuel 3:9 שְׁכָב֒ she.Khav · A command to you: simple action

   Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

8. 1 Samuel 3:9 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

9. 1 Samuel 3:15 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

10. 1 Samuel 26:5 שָֽׁכַב־ sha.khav- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

11. 1 Samuel 26:5 שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

12. 1 Samuel 26:7 שֹׁכֵ֤ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

13. 1 Samuel 26:7 שֹׁכְבִ֖ים sho.khe.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

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