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 4 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.

Job 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
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Job 38:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
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Job 40:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
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Psalms 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
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Source alternate reference: 3.6
Psalms 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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Source alternate reference: 4.9
Psalms 41:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
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Source alternate reference: 41.9
Psalms 57:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Source alternate reference: 57.5
Psalms 68:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
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Source alternate reference: 68.14
Psalms 88:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Source alternate reference: 88.6
Proverbs 3:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
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Proverbs 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
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Proverbs 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
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Proverbs 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
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Proverbs 23:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
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Proverbs 24:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
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Ecclesiastes 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ecclesiastes 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
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Isaiah 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
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Isaiah 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
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Isaiah 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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Isaiah 43:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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:
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Isaiah 50:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 51:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Isaiah 56:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Jeremiah 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Lamentations 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 4:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Ezekiel 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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Ezekiel 32:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
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Ezekiel 32:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
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Ezekiel 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 32:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
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Ezekiel 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Ezekiel 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Hosea 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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Source alternate reference: 2.20
Amos 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
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Jonah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Micah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Zechariah 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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