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H7901Gשָׁכַבsha.khav

to lie down: lay downPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 4
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 8
  9. 12
  10. 16
  11. 9
  12. 5
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 5
  20. 6
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 6
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 5
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H7901

  • H7901Hשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: sleepH:VOccurrences: 15
  • H7901Iשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: have sexH:VOccurrences: 50
  • H7901Jשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: be deadH:VOccurrences: 45

102 occurrences in 91 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 19:4

    But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

    יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒ yish.ka.Vu “they lay down”

  2. Genesis 28:13

    And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

    שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev “[are] lying”

  3. Genesis 47:30

    But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.

    וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙ (שָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙) sha.khav.Ti “I will lie down”

  4. Leviticus 15:4

    Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.

    יִשְׁכַּ֥ב yish.Kav “he will lie down”

  5. Leviticus 15:20

    And everything on which she has been resting, while she is kept separate, will be unclean, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean.

    תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב tish.Kav “she will lie down”

  6. Leviticus 15:26

    Every bed on which she has been resting will be unclean, as at the times when she normally has a flow of blood, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean, in the same way.

    תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב tish.Kav “she will lie”

  7. Leviticus 26:6

    And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

    וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖ם (שְׁכַבְתֶּ֖ם) she.khav.Tem “you will lie down”

  8. Numbers 23:24

    See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

    יִשְׁכַּב֙ yish.Kav “it will lie down”

  9. Numbers 24:9

    He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

    שָׁכַ֧ב sha.Khav “it lay down”

  10. Deuteronomy 6:7

    Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

    וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ (שָׁכְבְּ) sha.khe.be. “lying down”

  11. Deuteronomy 11:19

    Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

    וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ (שָׁכְבְּ) sha.khe.be. “lying down”

  12. Deuteronomy 31:16

    And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have

    שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev “[are] about to lie down”

  13. Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־ (יִּשְׁכְּבוּ) i.yish.ke.vu- “they lay down”

  14. Joshua 2:8

    And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,

    יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן (יִשְׁכָּב֑וּ) yish.ka.Vu “they had lain down”

  15. Judges 5:27

    Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.

    שָׁכָ֑ב sha.Khav “he lay down”

  16. Ruth 3:4

    But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

    בְשָׁכְב֗וֹ (שָׁכְב֗) sha.khe.V “lies down”יִשְׁכַּב־ yish.kav- “he will lie down”וְשָׁכָ֑בְתְּ (שָׁכָ֑בְתְּ) sha.kha.ve.ti “you will lie down”

  17. Ruth 3:7

    Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.

    לִשְׁכַּ֖ב (שְׁכַּ֖ב) sh.Kav “lie down”וַתִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (תִּשְׁכָּֽב) tish.Kav “she lay down”

  18. Ruth 3:8

    Now in the middle of the night, the man awaking from his sleep in fear, and lifting himself up, saw a woman stretched at his feet.

    שֹׁכֶ֖בֶת sho.Khe.vet “[was] lying down”

  19. Ruth 3:13

    Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.

    שִׁכְבִ֖י shikh.Vi “lie down”

  20. Ruth 3:14

    And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

    וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב) tish.Kav “she lay down”

  21. 1 Samuel 3:2

    And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

    שֹׁכֵ֣ב sho.Khev “[was] lying”

  22. 1 Samuel 3:3

    And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

    שֹׁכֵ֑ב sho.Khev “[was] lying”

  23. 1 Samuel 3:5

    And running to Eli he said, Here am I, for you said my name. And Eli said, I did not say your name; go to your rest again. So he went back to his bed.

    שְׁכָ֑ב she.Khav “lie down”וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (יִּשְׁכָּֽב) i.yish.Kav “he lay down”

  24. 1 Samuel 3:6

    And again the Lord said, Samuel. And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. But he said in answer, I said nothing, my son; go to your rest again.

    שְׁכָֽב׃ she.Khav “lie down”

  25. 1 Samuel 3:9

    So Eli said to Samuel, Go back: and if the voice comes again, let your answer be, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open. So Samuel went back to his bed.

    שְׁכָב֒ she.Khav “lie down”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (יִּשְׁכַּ֖ב) i.yish.Kav “he lay down”