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Hebrew verb · H7901

שָׁכַב

shakabshaw-kab'

to lie down: lay down

212 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâkab

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7901is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 26 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 134
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7901

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

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

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shakab is rendered "to lie down: lay down". It stands 212 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-six books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:4Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
  • The Greek text spells it 134 different ways.

The first use

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Genesis 19:4יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he lay down45
  • lying11
  • he will lie with8
  • lie down7
  • and he lay6
  • and he will lie5
  • and you will lie down5
  • lies5
  • you will lie down5
  • lie4
  • they have lain down4
  • and he lay with3

and 79 more, 212 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁכַןshakanto dwellUses129
שָׁכַחshakachto forgetUses102
שָׁכַםshakamto riseUses65
שָׁכֹלshakolbe bereavedUses23
שָׁכֵןshakenneighboringUses20
שָׁכַרshakarbe drunkUses19
שָׁכַךְshakakto subsideUses5
שָׁכֵחַshakeachforgetfulUses2
שָׁכָהshakahto lustUses1

All 212, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

134 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

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

and 122 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms54Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular17HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular17HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular10HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms8Hc/Vqq3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)8HR/Vqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular7HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural6HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural5HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular5HVqv2ms
  • Hc/Vqw3fs4Hc/Vqw3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular4HVqi3fs

Genesis

twenty-one uses
  • Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

    Genesis 19:4

    • יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒yishkavuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they lay down
  • Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

    Genesis 19:32

    • וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣הvenishkevahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us lie
  • So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

    Genesis 19:33

    • וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣בvatishkavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she lay with
    • בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּbeshikhvahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: when lay down she
  • The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

    Genesis 19:34

    • שָׁכַ֥בְתִּיshakhavtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I lay with
    • שִׁכְבִ֣יshikhviverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lie
  • So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

    Genesis 19:35

    • וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣בvatishkavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she lay
    • בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּbeshikhvahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: when lay down she
  • “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

    Genesis 26:10

    • שָׁכַ֞בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lay with
  • On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

    Genesis 28:11

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

    Genesis 28:13

    • שֹׁכֵ֣בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

    Genesis 30:15

    • יִשְׁכַּ֤בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie
  • When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

    Genesis 30:16

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay
  • When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

    Genesis 34:2

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay with
  • When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

    Genesis 34:7

    • לִשְׁכַּב֙lishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by lying with
  • While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

    Genesis 35:22

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙vaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay with
  • and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

    Genesis 39:7

    • שִׁכְבָ֥הshikhvahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: lie
  • Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

    Genesis 39:10

    • לִשְׁכַּ֥בlishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie
  • She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

    Genesis 39:12

    • שִׁכְבָ֣הshikhvahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: lie
  • she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

    Genesis 39:14

    • לִשְׁכַּ֣בlishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie
  • but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”

    Genesis 47:30

    • וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙veshakhavtiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will lie down

Exodus

three uses
  • If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

    Exodus 22:16

    • וְשָׁכַ֣בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie
  • Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

    Exodus 22:19

    • שֹׁכֵ֥בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lies
  • because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

    Exodus 22:27

    • יִשְׁכָּ֔בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he lie down

Leviticus

seventeen uses
  • And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

    Leviticus 14:47

    • וְהַשֹּׁכֵ֣בvehashokhevconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and the lies down
  • Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

    Leviticus 15:4

    • יִשְׁכַּ֥בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie down
  • 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.

    Leviticus 15:18

    • יִשְׁכַּ֥בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

    Leviticus 15:20

    • תִּשְׁכַּ֥בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will lie down
  • If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

    Leviticus 15:24

    • שָׁכֹב֩shakhoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to lie
    • יִשְׁכַּ֨בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
    • יִשְׁכַּ֥בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie
  • Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

    Leviticus 15:26

    • תִּשְׁכַּ֤בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will lie
  • of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

    Leviticus 15:33

    • יִשְׁכַּ֖בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie
  • You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

    Leviticus 18:22

    • תִשְׁכַּ֖בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie with
  • 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.

    Leviticus 19:20

    • יִשְׁכַּ֨בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

    Leviticus 20:11

    • יִשְׁכַּב֙yishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

    Leviticus 20:12

    • יִשְׁכַּב֙yishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

    Leviticus 20:13

    • יִשְׁכַּ֤בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

    Leviticus 20:18

    • יִשְׁכַּ֨בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    Leviticus 20:20

    • יִשְׁכַּב֙yishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie with
  • And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

    Leviticus 26:6

    • וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖םushekhavtemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will lie down

Numbers

four uses
  • by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

    Numbers 5:13

    • וְשָׁכַ֨בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie with
  • And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

    Numbers 5:19

    • שָׁכַ֥בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has lain with
  • Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

    Numbers 23:24

    • יִשְׁכַּב֙yishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will lie down
  • He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

    Numbers 24:9

    • שָׁכַ֧בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it lay down

Deuteronomy

seventeen uses
  • And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    Deuteronomy 6:7

    • וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖uveshakhebekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and when lying down you
  • Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    Deuteronomy 11:19

    • וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖uveshakhebekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and when lying down you
  • If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

    Deuteronomy 22:22

    • שֹׁכֵ֣ב׀shokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
    • הַשֹּׁכֵ֥בhashokhevthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who lay
  • If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

    Deuteronomy 22:23

    • וְשָׁכַ֥בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie
  • But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

    Deuteronomy 22:25

    • וְשָׁכַ֣בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie
    • שָׁכַ֥בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lay
  • If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

    Deuteronomy 22:28

    • וְשָׁכַ֣בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie
  • then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

    Deuteronomy 22:29

    • הַשֹּׁכֵ֥בhashokhevthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who lay
  • If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

    Deuteronomy 24:12

    • תִשְׁכַּ֖בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie down
  • be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 24:13

    • וְשָׁכַ֥בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie down
  • ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    Deuteronomy 27:20

    • שֹׁכֵב֙shokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lies
  • ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    Deuteronomy 27:21

    • שֹׁכֵ֖בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lies
  • ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    Deuteronomy 27:22

    • שֹׁכֵב֙shokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lies
  • ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    Deuteronomy 27:23

    • שֹׁכֵ֖בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lies
  • You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

    Deuteronomy 28:30

    • יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּהyishkabenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will lie with her
  • And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

    Deuteronomy 31:16

    • שֹׁכֵ֖בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to lie down

Joshua

two uses
  • Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

    Joshua 2:1

    • וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־vaiyishkevu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they lay down
  • Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

    Joshua 2:8

    • יִשְׁכָּב֑וּןyishkavunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they had lain down

Judges

two uses
  • At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

    Judges 5:27

    • שָׁכָ֑בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lay down
  • But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

    Judges 16:3

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down

Ruth

eight uses
  • When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

    Ruth 3:4

    • בְשָׁכְב֗וֹveshakhevopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when lies down he
    • יִשְׁכַּב־yishkav-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie down
    • וְשָׁכָ֑בְתְּveshakhavetiHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will lie down
  • After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

    Ruth 3:7

    • לִשְׁכַּ֖בlishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie down
    • וַתִּשְׁכָּֽב׃vatishkavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she lay down
  • At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

    Ruth 3:8

    • שֹׁכֶ֖בֶתshokhevetverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: lying down
  • Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

    Ruth 3:13

    • שִׁכְבִ֖יshikhviverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lie down
  • So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

    Ruth 3:14

    • וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤בvatishkavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she lay down

1 Samuel

thirteen uses
  • Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    1 Samuel 2:22

    • יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙yishkevunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they were lying with
  • And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

    1 Samuel 3:2

    • שֹׁכֵ֣בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

    1 Samuel 3:3

    • שֹׁכֵ֑בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

    1 Samuel 3:5

    • שְׁכָ֑בshekhavverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lie down
    • וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ סvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

    1 Samuel 3:6

    • שְׁכָֽב׃shekhavverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lie down
  • “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

    1 Samuel 3:9

    • שְׁכָב֒shekhavverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lie down
    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

    1 Samuel 3:15

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay
  • Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

    1 Samuel 26:5

    • שָֽׁכַב־shakhav-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lay
    • שֹׁכֵ֣בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

    1 Samuel 26:7

    • שֹׁכֵ֤בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
    • שֹׁכְבִ֖יםshokhevimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: lying

2 Samuel

eighteen uses
  • Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

    2 Samuel 4:5

    • שֹׁכֵ֔בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

    2 Samuel 4:7

    • שֹׁכֵ֤בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

    2 Samuel 7:12

    • וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙veshakhavtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will lie down
  • David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

    2 Samuel 8:2

    • הַשְׁכֵּ֣בhashkevverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: he made lie down
  • Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

    2 Samuel 11:4

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay
  • But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

    2 Samuel 11:9

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

    2 Samuel 11:11

    • וְלִשְׁכַּ֣בvelishkavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to lie
  • Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

    2 Samuel 11:13

    • לִשְׁכַּ֤בlishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie down
  • but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

    2 Samuel 12:3

    • תִשְׁכָּ֔בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it lay down
  • This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

    2 Samuel 12:11

    • וְשָׁכַב֙veshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lie
  • David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

    2 Samuel 12:16

    • וְשָׁכַ֥בveshakhavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he lay
  • Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

    2 Samuel 12:24

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay
  • Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

    2 Samuel 13:5

    • שְׁכַ֥בshekhavverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lie down
  • So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

    2 Samuel 13:6

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

    2 Samuel 13:8

    • שֹׁכֵ֑בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying down
  • And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

    2 Samuel 13:11

    • שִׁכְבִ֥יshikhviverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lie
  • But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

    2 Samuel 13:14

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay with
  • Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

    2 Samuel 13:31

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down

1 Kings

twenty-one uses
  • So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

    1 Kings 1:2

    • וְשָׁכְבָ֣הveshakhevahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will lie
  • Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

    1 Kings 1:21

    • כִּשְׁכַ֥בkishkhavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when lies down
  • Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

    1 Kings 2:10

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

    1 Kings 3:19

    • שָׁכְבָ֖הshakhevahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she lay
  • So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

    1 Kings 3:20

    • וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּvatashkivehuHc/Vhw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she made lie him
    • הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָהhishkivahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she made lie
  • When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

    1 Kings 11:21

    • שָׁכַ֤בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had lain down
  • And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 11:43

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 14:20

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙vaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 14:31

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 15:8

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 15:24

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 16:6

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 16:28

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

    1 Kings 17:19

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּvaiyashkivehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he made lie him
  • Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

    1 Kings 19:5

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙vaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

    1 Kings 19:6

    • וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃vaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

    1 Kings 21:4

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙vaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

    1 Kings 21:27

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 22:40

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

    1 Kings 22:50

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down

2 Kings

nineteen uses
  • One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

    2 Kings 4:11

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּב־vaiyishkav-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

    2 Kings 4:21

    • וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּvatashkivehuHc/Vhw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she made lie him
  • When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

    2 Kings 4:32

    • מֻשְׁכָּ֖בmushkavverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: laid
  • Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

    2 Kings 4:34

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay
  • And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 8:24

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

    2 Kings 9:16

    • שֹׁכֵ֣בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 10:35

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jehoahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And his son Jehoash reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 13:9

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

    2 Kings 13:13

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 14:16

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

    2 Kings 14:22

    • שְׁכַֽב־shekhav-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: lay down
  • And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 14:29

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 15:7

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 15:22

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 15:38

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 16:20

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 20:21

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 21:18

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

    2 Kings 24:6

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down

2 Chronicles

twelve uses
  • And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 9:31

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 12:16

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.

    2 Chronicles 14:1

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.

    2 Chronicles 16:13

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

    2 Chronicles 16:14

    • וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּvaiyashkivuhuHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they made lie him
  • And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 21:1

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

    2 Chronicles 26:2

    • שְׁכַֽב־shekhav-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: lay down
  • And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 26:23

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 27:9

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 28:27

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 32:33

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down
  • And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 33:20

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lay down

Job

eleven uses
  • For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

    Job 3:13

    • שָׁכַ֣בְתִּיshakhavtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I lay down
  • When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

    Job 7:4

    • שָׁכַ֗בְתִּיshakhavtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I lay down
  • Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

    Job 7:21

    • אֶשְׁכָּ֑בʾeshkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will lie down
  • You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

    Job 11:18

    • תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃tishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie down
  • so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

    Job 14:12

    • שָׁכַ֗בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lies down
  • The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

    Job 20:11

    • תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃tishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will lie down
  • But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

    Job 21:26

    • יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּyishkavuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will lie
  • He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

    Job 27:19

    • יִ֭שְׁכַּבyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lie down
  • Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

    Job 30:17

    • יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃yishkavunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they rest
  • Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

    Job 38:37

    • יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃yashkivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he make to lie down
  • He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

    Job 40:21

    • יִשְׁכָּ֑בyishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it lies

Psalms

six uses
  • I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

    Psalms 3:5

    • שָׁכַ֗בְתִּיshakhavtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I lay down
  • I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

    Psalms 4:8

    • אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪הʾeshkevahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will lie down
  • “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

    Psalms 41:8

    • שָׁ֝כַ֗בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lay down
  • My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

    Psalms 57:4

    • אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪הʾeshkevahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I lie with
  • Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

    Psalms 68:13

    • תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮tishkevunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will lie down
  • I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

    Psalms 88:5

    • שֹׁ֥כְבֵיshokheveiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lie of

Proverbs

eight uses
  • When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

    Proverbs 3:24

    • תִּשְׁכַּ֥בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie down
    • וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗veshakhavtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will lie down
  • How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

    Proverbs 6:9

    • תִּשְׁכָּ֑בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you lie down
  • A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    Proverbs 6:10

    • לִשְׁכָּֽב׃lishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rest
  • When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

    Proverbs 6:22

    • בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָbeshakhebekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: when lying down you
  • You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

    Proverbs 23:34

    • כְּשֹׁכֵ֣בkeshokhevpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: like lies down
    • וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗בukheshokhevconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and like lies down
  • A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    Proverbs 24:33

    • לִשְׁכָּֽב׃lishkavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rest

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

    Ecclesiastes 2:23

    • שָׁכַ֣בshakhavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it rests
  • Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

    Ecclesiastes 4:11

    • יִשְׁכְּב֥וּyishkevuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will lie down

Isaiah

seven uses
  • Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

    Isaiah 13:16

    • תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃tishakhabnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be lain with
  • Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

    Isaiah 14:8

    • שָׁכַ֔בְתָּshakhavtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you lay down
  • All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

    Isaiah 14:18

    • שָׁכְב֥וּshakhevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have lain down
  • who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

    Isaiah 43:17

    • יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙yishkevuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they lay down
  • Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.

    Isaiah 50:11

    • תִּשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ פtishkavunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will lie down
  • Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

    Isaiah 51:20

    • שָׁכְב֛וּshakhevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have lain down
  • Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

    Isaiah 56:10

    • שֹֽׁכְבִ֔יםshokhevimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: lie down

Jeremiah

two uses
  • “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

    Jeremiah 3:2

    • שֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּshukabteverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: have you been lain with
  • Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

    Jeremiah 3:25

    • נִשְׁכְּבָ֣הnishkevahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us lie down

Lamentations

one use
  • Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

    Lamentations 2:21

    • שָׁכְב֨וּshakhevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have lain down

Ezekiel

thirteen uses
  • Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

    Ezekiel 4:4

    • שְׁכַב֙shekhavverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lie down
    • תִּשְׁכַּ֣בtishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie
  • When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.

    Ezekiel 4:6

    • וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜veshakhavtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will lie down
  • But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

    Ezekiel 4:9

    • שׁוֹכֵ֣בshokhevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lying
  • She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.

    Ezekiel 23:8

    • שָׁכְב֣וּshakhevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had lain with
  • Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 31:18

    • תִּשְׁכַּב֙tishkavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lie
  • Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!

    Ezekiel 32:19

    • וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖הvehashekevahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: and be laid
  • Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’

    Ezekiel 32:21

    • שָׁכְב֥וּshakhevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have lain down
  • They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

    Ezekiel 32:27

    • יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙yishkevuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they lie
  • But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.

    Ezekiel 32:28

    • וְתִשְׁכַּ֖בvetishkavHC/Vqu2mstagged: and you may lie
  • Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:29

    • יִשְׁכָּ֖בוּyishkavuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will lie
  • All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:30

    • וַיִּשְׁכְּב֤וּvaiyishkevuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they lay
  • For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 32:32

    • וְהֻשְׁכַּב֩vehushkavHc/VHq3mstagged: and he will be laid

Hosea

one use
  • On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

    Hosea 2:18

    • וְהִשְׁכַּבְתִּ֖יםvehishkavtimHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will make lie down them

Amos

one use
  • You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

    Amos 6:4

    • הַשֹּֽׁכְבִים֙hashokhevimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those lie

Jonah

one use
  • The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

    Jonah 1:5

    • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖בvaiyishkavHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he had lain down

Micah

one use
  • Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

    Micah 7:5

    • מִשֹּׁכֶ֣בֶתmishokhevetpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from lies of

Zechariah

one use
  • For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

    Zechariah 14:2

    • תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָהtishakhabnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be lain with

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