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מִשְׁכָּב H4904

H4904 is the Hebrew word מִשְׁכָּב, transliterated mishkâb and said mish-kawb'. The King James Version most often renders it bed.

Word: מִשְׁכָּבTransliteration: mishkâbSaid: mish-kawb'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 39 verses

What it means

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.

Where it comes from

from H7901 (שָׁכַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 41 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bed 22×bedchamber 4×beds 4×lying 3×every bed 2×with 1×lieth 1×lain 1×off his bed 1×himself upon the bed 1×couch 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.

Verses using מִשְׁכָּב

All 39 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 49:4 · KJV

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Exodus 8:3 · KJV

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

Leviticus 15:4 · KJV

Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:5 · KJV

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:21 · KJV

And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:23 · KJV

And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:24 · KJV

And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:26 · KJV

Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

Leviticus 18:22 · KJV

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Leviticus 20:13 · KJV

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Numbers 31:17 · KJV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:18 · KJV

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Judges 21:11 · KJV

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

Judges 21:12 · KJV

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

2 Samuel 4:5 · KJV

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 lay on a bed at noon.

2 Samuel 4:7 · KJV

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

2 Samuel 4:11 · KJV

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Samuel 11:2 · KJV

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

2 Samuel 11:13 · KJV

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

2 Samuel 13:5 · KJV

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, 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.

2 Samuel 17:28 · KJV

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

1 Kings 1:47 · KJV

And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

2 Kings 6:12 · KJV

And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

2 Chronicles 16:14 · KJV

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Job 7:13 · KJV

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Job 33:19 · KJV

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Psalm 4:4 · KJV

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 36:4 · KJV

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 41:3 · KJV

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Proverbs 7:17 · KJV

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Ecclesiastes 10:20 · KJV

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Song of Solomon 3:1 · KJV

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Isaiah 57:2 · KJV

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Isaiah 57:7 · KJV

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Isaiah 57:8 · KJV

Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Ezekiel 23:17 · KJV

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

Ezekiel 32:25 · KJV

They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.

Hosea 7:14 · KJV

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Micah 2:1 · KJV

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4904 mean?

H4904 is the Hebrew word מִשְׁכָּב (mishkâb), meaning a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.

How is H4904 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bed (22 times), bedchamber (4 times), beds (4 times), lying (3 times), every bed (2 times), among others.

How many times does H4904 appear in the Bible?

מִשְׁכָּב (mishkâb) is tagged in 39 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4904 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7901 (שָׁכַב).

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