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. Proverbs 3:24 תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

  2. Proverbs 3:24 וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ ve.sha.khav.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

  3. Proverbs 6:9 תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  4. Proverbs 6:10 לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

  5. Proverbs 6:22 בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ Be.sha.khe.be.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  6. Proverbs 23:34 כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב ke.sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

  7. Proverbs 23:34 וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב u.khe.sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

  8. Proverbs 24:33 לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

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