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. Job 3:13 שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי sha.Khav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

2. Job 7:4 שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי sha.Khav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

3. Job 7:21 אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב 'esh.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

4. Job 11:18 תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

   And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

5. Job 14:12 שָׁכַ֗ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

6. Job 20:11 תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

7. Job 21:26 יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ yish.Ka.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

8. Job 27:19 יִ֭שְׁכַּב Yish.kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

9. Job 30:17 יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ yish.ka.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

10. Job 38:37 יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ yash.Kiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

11. Job 40:21 יִשְׁכָּ֑ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

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