Biblica Analytica
H7901G Hebrew

שָׁכַב

sha.khav

to lie down: lay down

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to lie down: lay down
Transliteration
sha.khav
Strong's Number
H7901G
Occurrences
102
Semantic Domain
Physical Action

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

Based on the provided data, the Hebrew word שָׁכַב (sha.khav) typically means "to lie down" or "lay down." This word falls under the semantic domain of Physical Action, indicating it relates to physical movement or positioning. The word appears 102 times in the Bible, showcasing its significance and frequency in the text. The usage of שָׁכַב is broad, encompassing various contexts such as rest, sleep, and physical relaxation. It can also be used to describe actions like laying down an offering, a sacrifice, or another object. This versatility of usage highlights the dynamic nature of the word, which can convey different meanings depending on the context in which it is employed.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H7901G
Lemma
שָׁכַב
Transliteration
sha.khav
Definition
to lie down: lay down
Occurrences
102
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

102 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Job 3:13

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

Job 7:4

When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

Job 14:12

so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

Job 20:11

His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 21:26

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

Job 38:37

Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,

Job 40:21

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Psalms 3:5

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

Psalms 4:8

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

Psalms 41:8

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

Psalms 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 68:13

while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

Proverbs 23:34

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

Proverbs 23:34

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

Ecclesiastes 4:11

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

Isaiah 14:8

Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.

Isaiah 43:17

who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”

Lamentations 2:21

“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.

Ezekiel 4:4

“Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:4

“Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:6

“Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you.

Ezekiel 4:9

“Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel. Make bread of it. According to the number of the days that you will lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.

Ezekiel 32:21

The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword.

Hosea 2:18

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

Amos 6:4

Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;

Jonah 1:5

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

Genesis 28:13

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.

Genesis 47:30

but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”

Leviticus 15:4

“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:20

“ ‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:26

Every bed she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period. Everything she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.

Leviticus 26:6

“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Numbers 23:24

Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 24:9

He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”

Deuteronomy 6:7

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 31:16

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

Joshua 2:8

Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.