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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁכַב

שָׁכַב

H7901

Transliteration: shâkab

Pronunciation: shaw-kab'

Definition: [idiom] at all


Original: שׁכב

Transliteration: shâkab

Phonetic: shaw-kab'

BDB Definition:

  1. to lie down
    1. (Qal)
      1. to lie, lie down, lie on
      2. to lodge
      3. to lie (of sexual relations)
      4. to lie down (in death)
      5. to rest, relax (figuratively)
    2. (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)
    3. (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)
    4. (Hiphil) to make to lie down
    5. (Hophal) to be laid

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2381

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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