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Strong H79014 sensesשָׁכַב

to lie down: lay down · to lie down: be dead · to lie down: have sex · to lie down: sleep

Transliteration
shâkab
Pronunciation
shaw-kab'

The 4 senses of Strong H7901

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7901 appears in 194 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to lie down: lay downH7901G: lay_down/lie_with91 verses · 24 books
  2. to lie down: be deadH7901J: be_dead45 verses · 6 books
  3. to lie down: have sexH7901I: have_sex43 verses · 10 books
  4. to lie down: sleepH7901H: sleep/rest14 verses · 9 books

General definition

A primitive root; to lie down (for {rest} sexual {connection} decease or any other purpose): - X at {all} cast {down} ([over-]) lay (self) ({down}) (make to) lie ({down} down to {sleep} {still} {with}) {lodge} {ravish} take {rest} {sleep} stay.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • lie97
  • slept36
  • lieth18
  • lay16
  • sleep12
  • thou6
  • lien3
  • ravish2
  • take2
  • cast1
  • her1
  • lain1

First verses

  1. Genesis 19:4
    But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
  2. Genesis 19:32
    Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  3. Genesis 19:33
    And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  4. Genesis 19:34
    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  5. Genesis 19:35
    And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  6. Genesis 26:10
    And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
  7. Genesis 28:11
    And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
  8. Genesis 28:13
    And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
  9. Genesis 30:15
    And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
  10. Genesis 30:16
    And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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:
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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:
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Exodus 22:19
    Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.