Word Study · Strong's H7902 · Hebrew
שְׁכָבָה
shekabah
shek-aw-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉkâbâh
“a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- שִׁכְבַת־7
- שִׁכְבַ֣ת2
How it is rendered · 2
- a laying of7
- [the] layer of2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)9
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- HNcfsc · 9
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 16:13שִׁכְבַ֣תshikhvatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.here: [the] layer of
- Exodus 16:14שִׁכְבַ֣תshikhvatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.here: [the] layer of
Leviticus6 occurrences
- Leviticus 15:16שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.here: a laying of
- Leviticus 15:17שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.here: a laying of
- Leviticus 15:18שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.here: a laying of
- Leviticus 15:32שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,here: a laying of
- Leviticus 19:20שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.here: a laying of
- Leviticus 22:4שִׁכְבַת־shikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,here: a laying of