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שָׁכַב (H7901)

shâkab

shaw-kab'

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.

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

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


194 occurrences

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:33
    And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:20
    So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
  • Job 3:13
    For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  • Job 7:4
    When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
  • Job 7:21
    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Job 11:18
    And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
  • Job 14:12
    So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
  • Job 20:11
    His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
  • Job 21:26
    They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
  • Job 27:19
    The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.