To lie down
שָׁכַבStrong’s H7901shakhav (sha-khav)
Appears in 194 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shakhav is the Hebrew word usually translated “lay down”, “lying” and “lie with”. It appears in 194 verses of the Old Testament.
“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.”
Meaning
- To lie down(Qal) · (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) · (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) · (Hiphil) to make to lie down · (Hophal) to be laid
How it's translated
- and he lay down 45
- lying 11
- he will lie with 8
- lie down 7
- and he lay 6
- and he will lie 5
- lies 5
- and you will lie down 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 20
- 2 Kings 19
- Genesis 18
- 2 Samuel 18
- Leviticus 15
- Deuteronomy 15
26 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 19:32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
All 194 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁכַב shakhav · to lie 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lying” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LY'ING, participle present
tense of lie. Being prostrate. [See Lie.]
All definitions and other forms of “lying”
LY'ING, participle present
tense of lie. Telling falsehood.
- noun The act of bearing a child.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.