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she.kha.vah H7902

שְׁכָבָה (she.kha.vah) means “semen” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שְׁכָבָה Hebrew · H7902 9 tagged occurrences in 9 verses

Pronunciation guide: shek-aw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7902

שְׁכָבָה · she.kha.vah · semen

1) act of lying, layer, coating 1a) act of lying (of sexual relations) 1b) layer

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7901 (שָׁכַב); a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)

KJV glosses: [idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.

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How translators render H7902

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
an emission 3
a layer 1
and there is an emission 1
has an emission 1
when the layer 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of copulation 3
whose seed 2
carnally 1
lay 1
that lay 1
with her carnally 1

Verses containing H7902

Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

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  2. Exodus 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

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  3. Leviticus 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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  4. Leviticus 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

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  5. Leviticus 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

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  6. Leviticus 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

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  7. Leviticus 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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  8. Leviticus 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

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  9. Numbers 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

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Sources and text

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