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. 2 Samuel 13:6 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let her sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

  2. 2 Samuel 13:8 שֹׁכֵ֑ב sho.Khev · An -ing word: simple action

    So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

  3. 2 Samuel 13:11 שִׁכְבִ֥י shikh.Vi · A command to you: simple action

    And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

  4. 2 Samuel 13:14 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

  5. 2 Samuel 13:31 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

  6. 1 Kings 1:2 וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה ve.sha.khe.Vah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

  7. 1 Kings 1:21 כִּשְׁכַ֥ב kish.Khav · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

  8. 1 Kings 2:10 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  9. 1 Kings 3:19 שָׁכְבָ֖ה sha.khe.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

  10. 1 Kings 3:20 וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ va.tash.ki.Ve.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

  11. 1 Kings 3:20 הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה hish.Ki.vah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

  12. 1 Kings 11:21 שָׁכַ֤ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

  13. 1 Kings 11:43 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  14. 1 Kings 14:20 וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

  15. 1 Kings 14:31 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

  16. 1 Kings 15:8 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

  17. 1 Kings 15:24 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

  18. 1 Kings 16:6 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

  19. 1 Kings 16:28 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב vai.yish.Kav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

  20. 1 Kings 17:19 וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ vai.yash.ki.Ve.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

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