sha.khav H7901

שָׁכַב (sha.khav) means “to lie down: lay down” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁכַב Hebrew · H7901 212 tagged occurrences in 194 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-kab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7901G

שָׁכַב · sha.khav · to lie down: lay down

: lay_down/lie_with 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

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TBESH · H7901H

שָׁכַב · sha.khav · to lie down: sleep

: 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

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TBESH · H7901I

שָׁכַב · sha.khav · to lie down: have sex

: have_sex 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

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TBESH · H7901J

שָׁכַב · sha.khav · to lie down: be dead

: be_dead 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

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How translators render H7901

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
rested	32
lies	9
lie down	8
and lay down	6
and lie down	6
he lies	4
to lie down	4
was lying	4
and lay	3
he who sleeps	3
lie	3
lying	3
rest	3
and laid him	2
and lie	2
and lies	2
and sleep	2
and sleeps	2
and slept with	2
he lay down	2
he lies down	2
i lie down	2
lay down	2
lies with	2
she lies	2
sleep	2
they lie	2
to rest	2
was lying down	2
when she lay down	2
when you lie down	2
you lie	2
you lie down	2
and anyone who sleeps	1
and be placed	1
and he rested	1
and he will lie	1
and hezekiah rested	1
and lay with	1
and put	1
and rested	1
and slept	1
and stayed	1
and will make them lie down	1
and you rest	1
and you will lie down	1
but when i lie down	1
by lying	1
by sleeping with	1
can tilt	1
from her who lies	1
go to sleep	1
had lain down	1
had rested	1
has done this	1
has slept with you	1
have slept with	1
he may sleep	1
he slept	1
he who lies	1
her	1
i slept with	1
i will lie down	1
i would be lying down	1
it slept	1
lay down for the night	1
lay there	1
let us lie down	1
lie down together	1
lie together	1
lies down	1
like one sleeping	1
lying around	1
lying in sackcloth	1
made them lie down	1
men slept	1
nap	1
now lie	1
now lie here	1
or lying	1
resting	1
rests	1
she laid him	1
she rolled over	1
slept	1
so he could sleep	1
so he slept	1
so she lay down	1
so that he may sleep	1
so we can sleep	1
then he lay down	1
there he lay still	1
they had gone to bed	1
they laid him	1
they lie down	1
they were sleeping	1
to go to bed	1
was laid up	1
were lying	1
when he lies down	1
when you rest	1
where he lay down	1
who lay	1
who lie	1
who slept	1
will be laid to rest	1
will he sleep in	1
will lie down	1
will you lie there	1
you have been laid low	1
you lie on your side	1
you will lie	1
you will lie down	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
slept	36
lie	10
and lay	9
lay	8
and laid	5
he that lieth	4
shall lie	4
and lay down	3
lie down	3
to sleep	3
and he lay	2
and lie	2
he lay down	2
her and lay	2
not when she lay down	2
ravished	2
that lay	2
that lie	2
that lieth	2
that thou shalt lie	2
they lie	2
they shall lie down	2
whereon he lieth	2
all of them lie	1
also lie	1
and as he lay	1
and be thou laid	1
and before they were laid down	1
and every thing that she lieth	1
and he laid him down	1
and he shall be laid	1
and he shall lie	1
and he slept	1
and he that lieth	1
and he was laid down	1
and how they lay	1
and it shall be when he lieth down	1
and laid her down	1
and laid him down	1
and lay thee down	1
and lodged	1
and shalt lie	1
and she lay	1
and they lie	1
and they shall not lie	1
and thou shalt sleep	1
and to lie	1
and we will lie	1
and when thou liest down	1
and will make them to lie down	1
and ye shall lie down	1
because she overlaid	1
behold i lay	1
behold thou shalt sleep	1
but before they lay down	1
but i will lie	1
casting them down	1
for now shall i sleep	1
for now should i have lain still	1
from her that lieth	1
have lain	1
have lien	1
he lay	1
he lieth	1
he shall not lie down	1
her and lie	1
him and let her lie	1
how long wilt thou sleep	1
i laid me down	1
i lie	1
in lying	1
laid	1
laid down	1
lay down	1
lay me down	1
lie together	1
lieth	1
lieth down	1
lying	1
lying down	1
man shall lie down	1
not lie down	1
not unto her to lie	1
on her and lie	1
only that lay	1
or as he that lieth	1
or who can stay	1
shall sleep	1
since thou art laid down	1
take no rest	1
taketh not rest	1
that he lieth	1
that he may sleep	1
thee when thou sleepest	1
therefore he shall lie	1
they lay	1
they shall lie	1
thou hast not been lien	1
thou shalt lie	1
thou shalt not lie	1
thou shalt not sleep	1
thou shalt take thy rest	1
though ye have lien	1
to lie	1
to lie down	1
unto her and lay	1
unto him and he lay	1
unto him lay thee down	1
unto me to lie	1
was laid down	1
we lie down	1
when i lie down	1
when thou liest	1
when thou liest down	1
where he shall lie	1
wherein shall he sleep	1
whereon she lieth	1
whereon thou liest	1
which shall lie down	1
who lay	1
whosoever lieth	1
with her at all	1
ye shall lie down	1
yea thou shalt be as he that lieth down	1
yea thou shalt lie down	1

Verses containing H7901

Page 2 of 4. 194 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Deuteronomy 27:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 27:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘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!’
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Deuteronomy 27:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 28:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
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Judges 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Judges 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ruth 3:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences
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.”
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Ruth 3:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Ruth 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
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Ruth 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Ruth 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
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1 Samuel 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 3:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Samuel 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 3:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“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.
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1 Samuel 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Samuel 26:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Samuel 26:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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2 Samuel 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
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2 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
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2 Samuel 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
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2 Samuel 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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
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2 Samuel 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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2 Samuel 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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2 Samuel 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
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2 Samuel 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
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2 Samuel 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
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1 Kings 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Kings 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
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1 Kings 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
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1 Kings 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
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1 Kings 3:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Kings 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Kings 11:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Kings 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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