Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H7901: שָׁכַב (shâkab) Definition

Strong's number
H7901
Lemma
שָׁכַב
Transliteration
shâkab
Pronunciation
shaw-kab'
Strong's definition
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay. a primitive root;

188 instances of the word שָׁכַב shâkab (H7901)


  • Psalms 57:4 - My soul is among lions and I lie even among them that are set on fire even the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue sword a sharp

  • Psalms 68:13 - Though ye have lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver with yellow and her feathers gold

  • Psalms 88:5 - among the dead Free like the slain that lie in the grave whom thou rememberest from thy hand no more and they are cut off

  • Ruth 3:4 - And it shall be when he lieth down that thou shalt mark the place And it shall be when he lieth down and thou shalt go in and uncover his feet And it shall be when he lieth down and he will tell thee what thou shalt do

  • Ruth 3:7 - had eaten And when Boaz and drunk was merry and his heart and she came and laid her down at the end of the heap of corn and she came softly and uncovered his feet and laid her down

  • Ruth 3:8 - And it came to pass at midnight was afraid that the man and turned himself and behold a woman lay at his feet

  • Ruth 3:13 - Tarry this night and it shall be in the morning let him do the kinsman's part well let him do the kinsman's part but if he will let him do the kinsman's part let him do the kinsman's part liveth to thee as the LORD lie down and it shall be in the morning

  • Ruth 3:14 - And she lay at his feet until the morning and she rose up before could know one another And he said Let it not be known came that a woman into the floor