מִשְׁכָּב (mish.kav) means “bed” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mish-kawb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מִשְׁכָּב · mish.kav · bed
1) a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying 1a) couch, bed 1b) act of lying, lying down or sleeping room, bedroom 1c) lying down (for sexual contact) Aramaic equivalent: mish.kav (מִשְׁכַּב "bed" H4903)
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from H7901 (שָׁכַב); a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV glosses: bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| his bed | 5 |
| bed | 4 |
| their beds | 4 |
| your bed | 4 |
| my bed | 2 |
| a bed | 1 |
| a resting place | 1 |
| and my couch | 1 |
| as with | 1 |
| from his bed | 1 |
| her bed | 1 |
| his own bed | 1 |
| like her bed | 1 |
| lying down in death | 1 |
| on a bier | 1 |
| on his cot | 1 |
| should your bed | 1 |
| they brought beds | 1 |
| to bed | 1 |
| to the bed | 1 |
| whose bed | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| by lying | 4 |
| bed | 3 |
| thy bed | 3 |
| upon his bed | 3 |
| upon their beds | 3 |
| every bed | 2 |
| in thy bedchamber | 2 |
| all his bed | 1 |
| and all the bed | 1 |
| and into thy bedchamber | 1 |
| as he lieth | 1 |
| as with | 1 |
| beds | 1 |
| from off his bed | 1 |
| her a bed | 1 |
| her bed | 1 |
| him in the bed | 1 |
| himself upon the bed | 1 |
| his bed | 1 |
| in his bedchamber | 1 |
| in their beds | 1 |
| me my couch | 1 |
| my bed | 1 |
| on a bed | 1 |
| on his bed | 1 |
| on my bed | 1 |
| on thy bed | 1 |
| shall be unto her as the bed | 1 |
| that hath lain | 1 |
| their bed | 1 |
| to her into the bed | 1 |
| upon the bed | 1 |
| upon your bed | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 44 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Read word by wordThe Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.28
If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
Read word by wordAny bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
Read word by wordAnyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Read word by wordand anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Read word by wordAnd whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
Read word by wordIf 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.
Read word by wordAny 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.
Read word by wordYou must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
Read word by wordIf 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.
Read word by wordSo now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
Read word by wordbut spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
Read word by wordand 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
Read word by wordThis is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
Read word by wordSo they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordHow much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
Read word by wordOne evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordJonadab 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.’”
Read word by wordThey brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
Read word by wordThe king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
Read word by wordBut one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordWhen I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Read word by wordIn a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
Read word by wordA man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Read word by wordBe angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.5
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 36.5
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.4
Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
Read word by wordI have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Read word by wordIf you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Read word by wordDo not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
Read word by wordOn my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
Read word by wordThose who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
Read word by wordOn a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
Read word by wordBehind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
Read word by wordThen the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
Read word by wordAmong the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
Read word by wordThey do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Read word by wordWoe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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