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. Psalms 3:5 שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי sha.Khav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.

  2. Psalms 4:8 אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה 'esh.ke.Vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

  3. Psalms 41:8 שָׁ֝כַ֗ב Sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

  4. Psalms 57:4 אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה 'esh.ke.Vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

  5. Psalms 68:13 תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ tish.ke.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

  6. Psalms 88:5 שֹׁ֥כְבֵי Sho.khe.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

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