שָׁכַב shakhav

Hebrew word for “to lie down” · Strong’s H7901 · used 212 times in 194 verses

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Meaning

: lay_down/lie_with; 1) to lie down;

Senses in the lexicon

• to lie down: lay down (102)
• to lie down: have sex (50)
• to lie down: be dead (45)
• to lie down: sleep (15)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shakhav in context, with how often each is used:

• lay down 60
• will lie down 19
• will lie 14
• lay 11
• will lie with 11
• lying 10
• lie down 9
• lie 6
• lay with 6
• made lie 5
• one who lies 5
• have lain down 4

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 32 (7), Leviticus 15 (6), 1 Samuel 3 (6), 2 Samuel 13 (6), Genesis 19 (5), Leviticus 20 (5), Deuteronomy 22 (5), Ruth 3 (5), Genesis 39 (4), Deuteronomy 27 (4)

Forms

• וישׁכב 54
• שׁכב 34
• ישׁכב 17
• תשׁכב 11
• ושׁכב 8
• לשׁכב 7
• ישׁכבו 6
• ותשׁכב 5
• שׁכבו 5
• ושׁכבת 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shakhav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִם im “with” 70
• אָב av “father” 53
• קָבַר qavar “to bury” 28
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 36
• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 31
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 24
• דָּוִד david “David” 26
• קוּם qum “to arise” 21
• עִיר ir “city” 21
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 14
• מִשְׁכָּב mishkav “bed” 10
• אֵת et “with” 17

Key verses

The verses using shakhav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give…
• Genesis 35:22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob…
• Leviticus 26:6 — And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword…
• Deuteronomy 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• 2 Samuel 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will…
• Psalms 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Isaiah 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Lamentations 2:21 — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger;…
• Hosea 2:18 — And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I…
• Micah 7:5 — Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
• Zechariah 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.