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. Isaiah 13:16 תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃ ti.sha.khab.nah · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

  2. Isaiah 14:8 שָׁכַ֔בְתָּ sha.Khav.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.

  3. Isaiah 14:18 שָׁכְב֥וּ sha.khe.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.

  4. Isaiah 43:17 יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙ yish.ke.Vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):

  5. Isaiah 50:11 תִּשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ פ tish.ka.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

  6. Isaiah 51:20 שָׁכְב֛וּ sha.khe.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

  7. Isaiah 56:10 שֹֽׁכְבִ֔ים sho.khe.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

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