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.
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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Every occurrence
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Deuteronomy 28:30 יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּה yish.ka.be.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
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Deuteronomy 31:16 שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
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Joshua 2:1 וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־ vai.yish.ke.vu- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
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Joshua 2:8 יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן yish.ka.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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Judges 5:27 שָׁכָ֑ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Judges 16:3 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
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Ruth 3:4 בְשָׁכְב֗וֹ ve.sha.khe.Vo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
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Ruth 3:4 יִשְׁכַּב־ yish.kav- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
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Ruth 3:4 וְשָׁכָ֑בְתְּ ve.sha.kha.ve.ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
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Ruth 3:7 לִשְׁכַּ֖ב lish.Kav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
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Ruth 3:7 וַתִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ va.tish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
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Ruth 3:8 שֹׁכֶ֖בֶת sho.Khe.vet · An -ing word: simple action
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
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Ruth 3:13 שִׁכְבִ֖י shikh.Vi · A command to you: simple action
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.
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Ruth 3:14 וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב va.tish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.
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1 Samuel 2:22 יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙ yish.ke.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.
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1 Samuel 3:2 שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),
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1 Samuel 3:3 שֹׁכֵ֑ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action
and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;
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1 Samuel 3:5 שְׁכָ֑ב she.Khav · A command to you: simple action
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
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1 Samuel 3:5 וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ ס vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
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1 Samuel 3:6 שְׁכָֽב׃ she.Khav · A command to you: simple action
And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
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