שָׁכַב

Strong’s Definition

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to lie down
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be lain with (sexually)
• 4.(pual) to be lain with (sexually)
• 5.(hiphil) to make to lie down
• 6.(hophal) to be laid

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâkab; Pronunciation: shaw-kab'