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Word Study · Strong's H7901 · Hebrew

שָׁכַב

shakab

shaw-kab'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shâkab

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

Rendered in the KJV as

[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

  • 212
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 26 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 134
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 212 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 134

  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב22
  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב9
  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב7
  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב5
  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב4
  • יִשְׁכַּב֙4
  • שֹׁכֵ֣ב4
  • וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙3
  • וְשָׁכַ֣ב3
  • וְשָׁכַ֥ב3
  • יִשְׁכַּ֥ב3
  • יִשְׁכַּ֨ב3

and 122 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 98

  • and he lay down45
  • he will lie with8
  • [was] lying7
  • and he lay6
  • lie down6
  • [one who] lies5
  • and he will lie5
  • and you will lie down5
  • they have lain down4
  • and he lay with3
  • he will lie3
  • he will lie down3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 59

  • Hc/Vqw3ms54
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular17
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular17
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular10
  • Hc/Vqq3ms8
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)8
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular7
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural6
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural5
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular5
  • Hc/Vqw3fs4
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 54
  • HVqi3ms · 17
  • HVqrmsa · 17
  • HVqp3ms · 10
  • Hc/Vqq3ms · 8
  • HR/Vqcc · 8
  • HVqi2ms · 7
  • HVqi3mp · 6
  • HVqp3cp · 5
  • HVqv2ms · 5
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 4
  • HVqi3fs · 4

All 212, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis21 occurrences
Exodus3 occurrences
Leviticus17 occurrences
Numbers4 occurrences
Deuteronomy17 occurrences
Joshua2 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
Ruth8 occurrences
1 Samuel13 occurrences
2 Samuel18 occurrences
1 Kings21 occurrences
2 Kings19 occurrences
2 Chronicles12 occurrences
Job11 occurrences
Psalms6 occurrences
Proverbs8 occurrences
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
Isaiah7 occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel13 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Amos1 occurrence
Jonah1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).