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שָׁכַב 'shakav' meaning 'to lie down' Strong's 7901

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This is a thorough Hebrew word study about the meaning of the Hebrew word שָׁכַב, 'shakav' translated 'lie down' strong's 7901, and gives every verse where the Hebrew word 'shakav' appears. To obtain a true understanding of this word these scriptures need to be meditated on and notes made of their meaning in different contexts. This requires putting scriptures together where they seem to have a similar meaning, and then meditating even more. The truth will be revealed by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to guide us into all truth (John 16:13). Wherever this word shakav appears in the Hebrew, the translation of it is highlighted with yellow. 'Shakav' is a verb, and in Hebrew the verbs have different forms, so the meaning of the different forms has been included in highlighted text. Every blessing be to those who seek the truth of God's word.

#1.1 Scriptures for שָׁכַב 'shakav' meaning 'to lie down' Strong's 7901

KAL Perfect

Genesis 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, last night I lay with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go you in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? Soon one of the people might have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.
47:30 But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as you have said.

Exodus 22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will get rid of evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Numbers 5:13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it be hidden from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she is defiled, and there are no witness against her, neither she is taken with the manner:
5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say to the woman, If no man have lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, you shall be free from this bitter water that causes the curse:
24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.

Deuteronomy 22:23 If a damsel who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her;
22:25 But if a man finds a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man forces her, and lies with her: then the man only who lay with her shall die:
22:28 If a man finds a damsel who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lays hold on her, and lies with her, and they are found;
24:13 In any case you shall deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, and he shall lie down in his own clothes, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

Judges 5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

Ruth 3:4 And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall know the place where he lies down, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you shall do.

1 Samuel 26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay asleep in the camp, and the people camped round about him.

2 Samuel 7:12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you lie with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come out of your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.
12:11 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

1 Kings 1:2 Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she lay on it.
11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David lay with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.

Job 3:13 For now I would I have lain still and been quiet, I would have slept: then had I been at rest,
7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
14:12 So man lies down, and does not rise: till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Psalm 3:5 I lay down and slept; I awaked; for Yahweh sustained me.
41:8 They say, An evil disease, clings firmly to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: and you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Isaiah 14:8 Yes, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you lay down, no feller is come up against us.
14:18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house.
51:20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.

Lamentations 2:21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; you have slain them in the day of your anger; you have killed, and not pitied.

Ezekiel 4:6 And when you have accomplished them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year.
23:8 Nor did she leave her fornication brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.
32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with those who help him: they have gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

KAL Infinitive

Genesis 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
39:10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, or to be with her.
39:14 That she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

Leviticus 15:24 And if any man lies down to lie with her, and her impurity is upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

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.
11:19 And you shall teach them your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Ruth 3:4 And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall know the place where he lies down, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you shall do.
3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and lay down.

2 Samuel 11:11 And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
11:13 And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk: and at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall lie with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king lay with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king lay with his fathers.

Proverbs 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:
6:22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you lie down, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
24:33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:

KAL Imperative

Genesis 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, last night I lay with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and you go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and went out.

Ruth 3:13 Wait this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as Yahweh lives: lie down until the morning.

1 Samuel 3:5 And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
3:6 And Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again.
3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

2 Samuel 13:5 And Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed, and make yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
13:11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister.

Ezekiel 4:4 Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity.

KAL Imperfect

Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose.
19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose.
28:11 And he came upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place.
30:15 And she said to her, It is a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Exodus 22:27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: in what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Leviticus 15:4 Every bed, upon which he lies that has the issue, is unclean: and everything, upon which he sits, shall be unclean.
15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
15:20 And everything that she lies upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sits upon shall be unclean.
15:24 And if any man lies to lie with her, and her impurity is upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
15:26 Every bed upon which she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her separation: and whatever she sits upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
15:33 And of her that is sick of her impurity, and of him who has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him who lies with her that is unclean.
18:22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
19:20 And whoever lies carnally with a woman, who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a 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.
20:11 And the man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
20:12 And if a man lies with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have worked confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
20:13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Deuteronomy 24:12 And if the man is poor, you shall not lie down with his pledge:
28:30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes of it.

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lay down there.
2:8 And before they lay down, she came up to them upon the roof;

Judges 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.

Ruth 3:4 And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall know the place where he lies down, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you shall do.
3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and lay down.
3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.
3:5 And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

2 Samuel 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.
11:9 But Uriah lay down at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it ate of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and Yahweh loved him.
13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself look sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
13:14 However he would not listen to her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

1 Kings 2:10 So David lay down with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11:43 And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years: and he lay down with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
14:31 And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.
15:8 And Abijam lay down with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
15:24 And Asa lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
16:6 So Baasha lay down with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his place.
16:28 So Omri lay down with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
19:5 And as he lay down and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay down in sackcloth, and went softly.
22:40 So Ahab lay down with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
22:50 And Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber, and lay down there.
4:34 And he went up, and lay down upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child became warm.
8:24 And Joram lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
10:35 And Jehu lay down with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
13:9 And Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.
13:13 And Joash lay down with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14:16 And Jehoash lay down with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
14:29 And Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his place.
15:7 So Azariah lay down with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
15:22 And Menahem lay down with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
15:38 And Jotham lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
2 Kin 16:20 And Ahaz lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
20:21 And Hezekiah lay down with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
21:18 And Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
24:6 So Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 9:31 And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
12:16 And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
14:1 So Abijah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
16:13 And Asa lay down with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
21:1 Now Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
26:23 So Uzziah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
27:9 And Jotham lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
28:27 And Ahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
32:33 And Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the best of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
33:20 So Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.

Job 7:21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
11:18 And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig about you, and you shall lie down in safety.
20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down , but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my gnawing pains do not lie down.
40:21 He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

Psalm 4:8 I will both lay down in peace, and sleep: for you, Yahweh, only make me dwell in safety.
57:4 My soul is among lions: and 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.
68:13 Though you have lain among the pots, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: and you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
6:9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Ecclesiastes 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Isaiah 43:17 Which brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Jeremiah 3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.

Ezekiel 4:4 Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity.
31:18 To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those who were slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to sheol with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
32:28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with those who are slain with the sword.
32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who with their might are laid by those who were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit.
32:30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who have gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

Jonah 1:5 Then the sailors were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay down, and was fast asleep.

KAL Participle Poel

Genesis 28:13 And, behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, I am Yahweh God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land upon which you lie, I will give to you and to your seed;

Exodus 22:19 Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 14:47 And he who lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away evil from Israel.
22:29 Then the man who lay with her shall give to the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
27:20 Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:21 Cursed is he who lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:22 Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
27:23 Cursed is he who lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
31:16 And Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall lie down with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and prostitute themselves after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Ruth 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

1 Samuel 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes began to grow dim, that he could not see;
3:3 And before the lamp of God went out in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down:
26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David saw the place where Saul was lying, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the camp, and the people pitched round about him.
26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul was lying sleeping inside the camp, and his spear stuck in the ground by his head: but Abner and the people were lying round about him.

2 Samuel 4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on a bed at noon.
4:7 For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.
13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was lying down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

2 Kings 9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram was lying down there. And Ahaziah king of Judah came down to see Joram.

Psalm 88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain lying in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.

Proverbs 23:34 Yes, you shall be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies upon the top of a mast.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Ezekiel 4:9 Take also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it, according to the number of the days that you are lying upon your side, three hundred and ninety days shall you eat of it.

Amos 6:4 Who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Micah 7:5 Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from he who lies in your bosom.

NIPHAL Imperfect

Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives raped.

Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

PUAL Perfect

Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up your eyes to the high places, and see where you have not been lain with. In the ways have you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your fornication and with your wickedness.

HIPHIL Perfect

1 Kings 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Hosea 2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

HIPHIL Infinitive

2 Samuel 8:2 And he struck Moab, and measured them with a line, causing them to lie down on the ground; even with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

HIPHIL Imperfect

1 Kings 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
17:19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

2 Kings 4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

1 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him on the bed which was filled with sweet odours and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' are: and they made a very great burning for him.

Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? Or who can cause the bottles of heaven to lie down,

HOPHAL Perfect

32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.

HOPHAL Imperative

Ezekiel 32:19 Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

HOPHAL Participle

2 Kings 4:32 And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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