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. Deuteronomy 6:7 וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ u.ve.sha.khe.be.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  2. Deuteronomy 11:19 וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ u.ve.sha.khe.be.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  3. Deuteronomy 22:22 שֹׁכֵ֣ב׀ sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  4. Deuteronomy 22:22 הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב ha.sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  5. Deuteronomy 22:23 וְשָׁכַ֥ב ve.sha.Khav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

  6. Deuteronomy 22:25 וְשָׁכַ֣ב ve.sha.Khav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  7. Deuteronomy 22:25 שָׁכַ֥ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  8. Deuteronomy 22:28 וְשָׁכַ֣ב ve.sha.Khav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  9. Deuteronomy 22:29 הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב ha.sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

  10. Deuteronomy 24:12 תִשְׁכַּ֖ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

  11. Deuteronomy 24:13 וְשָׁכַ֥ב ve.sha.Khav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

  12. Deuteronomy 27:20 שֹׁכֵב֙ sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  13. Deuteronomy 27:21 שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  14. Deuteronomy 27:22 שֹׁכֵב֙ sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  15. Deuteronomy 27:23 שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  16. Deuteronomy 28:30 יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּה yish.ka.be.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  17. Deuteronomy 31:16 שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

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