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. Job 11:18 תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

  2. Job 14:12 שָׁכַ֗ב sha.Khav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

  3. Job 20:11 תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ tish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

  4. Job 21:26 יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ yish.Ka.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

  5. Job 27:19 יִ֭שְׁכַּב Yish.kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

  6. Job 30:17 יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ yish.ka.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

  7. Job 38:37 יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ yash.Kiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  8. Job 40:21 יִשְׁכָּ֑ב yish.Kav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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?

  18. 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:

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

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