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. Leviticus 14:47 וְהַשֹּׁכֵ֣ב ve.ha.sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

  2. Leviticus 15:4 יִשְׁכַּ֥ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

  3. Leviticus 15:18 יִשְׁכַּ֥ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

  4. Leviticus 15:20 תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

  5. Leviticus 15:24 שָׁכֹב֩ sha.Kho · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

  6. Leviticus 15:24 יִשְׁכַּ֨ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

  7. Leviticus 15:24 יִשְׁכַּ֥ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

  8. Leviticus 15:26 תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and everything whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.

  9. Leviticus 15:33 יִשְׁכַּ֖ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

  10. Leviticus 18:22 תִשְׁכַּ֖ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

  11. Leviticus 19:20 יִשְׁכַּ֨ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  12. Leviticus 20:11 יִשְׁכַּב֙ yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  13. Leviticus 20:12 יִשְׁכַּב֙ yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

  14. Leviticus 20:13 יִשְׁכַּ֤ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  15. Leviticus 20:18 יִשְׁכַּ֨ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  16. Leviticus 20:20 יִשְׁכַּב֙ yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

  17. Leviticus 26:6 וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖ם u.she.khav.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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