Semen
שְׁכָבָהStrong’s H7902shekhavah (she-kha-vah)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shekhavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “laying of” and “layer of”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.”
Meaning
- Act of lying, layer, coatingact of lying (of sexual relations) · layer
How it's translated
- a laying of 7
- layer of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 6
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 16:14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
- Leviticus 15:16And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:17And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:18The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:32This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
- Leviticus 19:20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁכָבָה shekhavah · semen
1) act of lying, layer, coating 1a) act of lying (of sexual relations) 1b) layer
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.