Strong's Lexicon

H4904

H4904 — מִשׁכָּב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmishkabnoun mascOccurrences: 46

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4904
Word:מִשׁכָּב
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7901
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:46
Transliteration:mishkab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mish-kawb'
Meaning:1. a bed (figuratively, a bier) 2. abstractly, sleep 3. by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV Renderings:bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.

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BDB8658

מִשְׁכָּב46 noun masculine Lev 15:4 place of lying, couch; act of lying; — absolute ׳ מ 1Kgs 1:47 +, construct מִשְׁכַּב 2Sam 4:5 +; suffix מִשְׁכָּבִי Job 7:13 +, מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם Ps 4:5 plural construct מִשְׁכְּבֵי Gen 49:4 +, suffix מִשְׁכְּבוֺהָם Hos 7:14 +, etc.; —

1. couch, bed (37 t.), 2Sam 4:11; Hos 7:14; Mic 2:1; 1Kgs 1:47; Song 3:1 +; ׳ וְנָפַל לְמ Exod 21:18 ( E ) he takes to his bed; נִדָּתָהּ ׳ מ Lev 15:26 ( P ; see below I. נדד); ׳ מ as place of copulation Gen 49:4 (poem in J ), Isa 57:7 ; Isa 57:8 (twice in verse); Prov 7:17 as place of burial Isa 57:2; Ezek 32:25; 2Chr 16:14 (see ׳ מ Inscription Tabnit8 and perhaps Jewish inscription Cooke341).
2. act of lying:
a. in general, ׳ חֲדַר מ chamber of lying down = bed-chamber, Exod 7:28 ( E ), 2Sam 4:7 ; 2Kgs 6:12 , בְּחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ Eccl 10:20 הַצָּהֳרַיִם ׳ והוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מ 2Sam 4:5 his noon-day siesta; 2Sam 17:28 read perhaps ׳ עַרְשׂת מ couches for lying down Klo Bu HPS Now, compare ᵐ5 .
b. (from context) sexually: of woman יֹדַעַת (אִישׁ לְ) מִשְׁכַּב זָכָת Judg 21:11; Judg 21:12; Num 31:17; Num 31:35 ( P ); of man שׁכב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה Lev 18:22; Lev 20:13 (+ אֶתזָֿכָר sodomy; H ); ׳ דֹּדִים מ Ezek 23:17 .


BDB9948

שׁכב (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שָׁכַב , מִשְׁכָּב).


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

שֶ (meh'-shevh)

Job 28:18

KJV: No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.coral: or, Ramoth
EHCC: for the price of wisdom (is) above rubies.

Genesis 49:4

KJV: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excelhe went…: or, my couch is gone
EHCC: thou wentest up to thy father’s bed ;

Exodus 8:8

KJV: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.
EHCC: 7:98( . bedchamber, and upon thy bed,

Exodus 21:18

KJV: And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:another: or, his neighbour
EHCC: but keepeth (his) bedi

Leviticus 15:4

KJV: Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.thing: Heb. vessel
EHCC: Every bed, whereon he lieth

Leviticus 18:22

KJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
EHCC: not lie with mankind, as with womankind:

Leviticus 20:18

KJV: And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.discovered: Heb. made naked
EHCC: a9 he lieth with a woman, (lit. the lying of

Leviticus 11:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
EHCC: David arose from off Ais bed,

Leviticus 13:5

KJV: And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
EHCC: Lay thee down on thy bed,

Leviticus 17:28

EHCC: Brought beds, and basons,

1 Kings 1:47

KJV: And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
EHCC: the king bowed himself upon the bed.

2 Kings 6:12

KJV: And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.None: Heb. No
EHCC: words that thou speakest in thy bed-

2 Chronicles 16:14

KJV: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.had made: Heb. had digged
EHCC: laid him in the bed

Job 7:13

KJV: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
EHCC: my couck shall ease my complaints

Job 33:15

KJV: In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
EHCC: in slumberings upon the bed ;

Psalms 4:4

KJV: Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
EHCC: (6).commune with your own heart upon

Psalms 86:4

KJV: Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
EHCC: (5). He deviseth mischief upon Ais bed;

Psalms 41:3

KJV: The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.make: Heb. turn
EHCC: (4). wilt make all Ais bed in his sickness.

Psalms 149:5

KJV: Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
EHCC: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Proverbs 7:17

KJV: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
EHCC: 1 have perfumed my bed

Proverbs 22:27

KJV: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
EHCC: why should he take amay thy bed

Isaiah 57:2

KJV: He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.enter into: or, go inin his…: or, before him
EHCC: they all rest in their betty

Isaiah 32:25

EHCC: They have set her a bed

Hosea 7:14

KJV: And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
EHCC: they howled upon their beds :

Micah 2:1

KJV: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
EHCC: work evil upon their beds 7
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