מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb · mish-kawb'
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
- a bed (figuratively, a bier)
- abstractly, sleep
- by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁכָּב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by lying4 · 11%
- upon his bed3 · 8%
- upon their beds3 · 8%
- thy bed3 · 8%
- his bed2 · 5%
- every bed2 · 5%
- in thy bedchamber2 · 5%
- bed1 · 3%
- and into thy bedchamber1 · 3%
- her bed1 · 3%
- and if it be on her bed1 · 3%
- and all the bed1 · 3%
- shall be unto her as the bed1 · 3%
- as with1 · 3%
- as he lieth1 · 3%
- that hath lain1 · 3%
- on a bed1 · 3%
- in his bedchamber1 · 3%
- from off his bed1 · 3%
- on his bed1 · 3%
- on thy bed1 · 3%
- beds1 · 3%
- himself upon the bed1 · 3%
- him in the bed1 · 3%
- me, my couch1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.