H7902 - שְׁכָבָה (shᵉkâbâh)

H7902 שְׁכָבָה (shᵉkâbâh) shek-aw-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

semen

Strong's Definition

a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)

Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);

KJV Usage: [idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.

TWOT Reference: 2381a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) act of lying, layer, coating

1a) act of lying (of sexual relations)

1b) layer

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2664 G2845

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) act of lying, layer, coating 1a) act of lying (of sexual relations) 1b) layer

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁכָבָה shekâbâh BDB Definition: 1) act of lying, layer, coating 1a) act of lying (of sexual relations) 1b) layer Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7901 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2381a Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (9)

16:13 16:14

15:16 15:17 15:18 15:32 19:20 22:4

5:13

Exodus 16:13

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Exodus 16:14

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

Leviticus 15:16

When...... a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:17

Any clothing... or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man... lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

Leviticus 19:20

If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not... been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. [But] they are not to be put to death, because... she had not been freed.

Leviticus 22:4

If a descendant...... of Aaron... has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat... the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,