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H7901 · שָׁכַב

shâkab

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

KJV gloss list in the source

[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Source pronunciation notation: shaw-kab'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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