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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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  • Genesis 34:2
    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
  • Genesis 34:7
    And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
  • 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 were twelve:
  • Genesis 39:7
    And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
  • Genesis 39:10
    And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
  • Genesis 39:12
    And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
  • Genesis 39:14
    That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
  • Genesis 47:30
    But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
  • Exodus 22:16
    And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
  • Exodus 22:19
    Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.