H7903 שְׁכֹבֶת (shᵉkôbeth) shek-o'-beth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

copulation

Strong's Definition

a (sexual) lying with

Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);

KJV Usage: [idiom] lie.

TWOT Reference: 2381b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) copulation

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁכֹ֫בֶת (she.kho.vet) — copulation. copulation

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁכֹבֶת (H7903)

noun f · שׁכב

Copulate

Collocation: נתן שְׁכֹבֶת

to have sex literally: to give lying down (to someone); hence: = action by which humans have sexual intercourse with other humans or animals; ≈ used for unlawful sexual relations only

LEV 18:20 · LEV 18:23 · LEV 20:15 · NUM 5:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שְׁכֹ֫בֶת] n.f. copulation base

Bible Occurrences (4)

18:20 18:23 20:15

5:20

Leviticus 18:20

You must not lie carnally... with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

Leviticus 18:23

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Leviticus 20:15

If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death.... And you are also to kill the animal.

Numbers 5:20

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—