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Strong's #7901: shakab (pronounced shaw-kab')

a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):--X 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 Hebrew Lexicon:

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shâkab

1) to lie down

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on

1a2) to lodge

1a3) to lie (of sexual relations)

1a4) to lie down (in death)

1a5) to rest, relax (figuratively)

1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)

1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)

1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down

1e) (Hophal) to be laid

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 210 times:

Deuteronomy 22:25: "in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that"
Deuteronomy 22:25: "her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:"
Deuteronomy 22:28: "is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;"
Deuteronomy 22:29: "Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver,"
Deuteronomy 24:12: "the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:"
Deuteronomy 24:13: "him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be"
Deuteronomy 27:20: "Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's"
Deuteronomy 27:21: "Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say,"
Deuteronomy 27:22: "Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter"
Deuteronomy 27:23: "Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 28:30: "a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell"
Deuteronomy 31:16: "unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people"
Joshua 2:1: "a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there."
Joshua 2:8: "And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;"
Judges 5:27: "her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell:"
Judges 16:3: "And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight,"
Ruth 3:4: "And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie,"
Ruth 3:4: "the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,"
Ruth 3:4: "he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee"
Ruth 3:7: "and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,"
Ruth 3:7: "softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down."
Ruth 3:8: "was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet."
Ruth 3:13: "do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning."
Ruth 3:14: " And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know"
1 Samuel 2:22: "unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door"
1 Samuel 3:2: "at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim,"
1 Samuel 3:3: "where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down"
1 Samuel 3:5: "me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down."
1 Samuel 3:5: "lie down again. And he went and lay down."
1 Samuel 3:6: "I called not, my son; lie down again."
1 Samuel 3:9: "said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call"
1 Samuel 3:9: "thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place."
1 Samuel 3:15: "And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house"
1 Samuel 26:5: "the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son"
1 Samuel 26:5: "the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people"
1 Samuel 26:7: "by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck"
1 Samuel 26:7: "at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about"
2 Samuel 4:5: "the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon."
2 Samuel 4:7: "For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,"
2 Samuel 7:12: "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up"
2 Samuel 8:2: "Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines"
2 Samuel 11:4: "and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:"
2 Samuel 11:9: "But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants"
2 Samuel 11:11: "mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul"
2 Samuel 11:13: "him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord,"
2 Samuel 12:3: "his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay"
2 Samuel 12:11: "thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight"
2 Samuel 12:16: "and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth."
2 Samuel 12:24: "his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called"
2 Samuel 13:5: "And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh"









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