Strong H7901H7901Hשָׁכַב
to lie down: sleep
One of the 4 senses of Strong H7901
- Transliteration
- shâkab
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kab'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
: sleep/rest
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 (fig)
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
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 (fig)
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
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
Strong H7901H appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sleep6
- lie3
- take2
- lieth1
- rest1
- slept1
First verses
- Exodus 22:27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
- Leviticus 14:47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
- Deuteronomy 24:12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
- Deuteronomy 24:13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
- Judges 16:3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 4:5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
- 2 Samuel 11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
- 1 Kings 1:21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
- Job 11:18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- Job 27:19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
- Job 30:17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
- Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.