Mishkav מִשְׁכָּב

Mishkav (Hebrew מִשְׁכָּב, Strong's H4904) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bed”. It occurs 46 times in 44 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mishkav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:4
  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.Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

Exodus

• Exodus 8:3
  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:The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
• Exodus 21:18
  And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

Leviticus

• Leviticus 15:4
  Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
• Leviticus 15:5
  And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 15:21
  And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 15:23
  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.And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 15:24
  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.If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
• Leviticus 15:26
  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.Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
• Leviticus 18:22
  Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
• Leviticus 20:13
  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.If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Numbers

• Numbers 31:17
  Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
• Numbers 31:18
  But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
• Numbers 31:35
  And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.

Judges

• Judges 21:11
  And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
• Judges 21:12
  And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead 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.So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 4:5
  And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
• 2 Samuel 4:7
  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.They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
• 2 Samuel 4:11
  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?How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
• 2 Samuel 11:2
  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.One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
• 2 Samuel 11:13
  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.Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
• 2 Samuel 13:5
  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.Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
• 2 Samuel 17:28
  Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:47
  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.The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 6:12
  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.But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 16:14
  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.And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Job

• Job 7:13
  When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
• Job 33:15
  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
• Job 33:19
  He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Psalms

• Psalm 4:4
  Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
• Psalm 36:4
  He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
• Psalm 41:3
  The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
• Psalm 149:5
  Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 7:17
  I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
• Proverbs 22:27
  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 10:20
  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.Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 3:1
  By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 57:2
  He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
• Isaiah 57:7
  Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
• Isaiah 57:8
  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.Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 23:17
  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.Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
• Ezekiel 32:25
  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.Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

Hosea

• Hosea 7:14
  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.They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Micah

• Micah 2:1
  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.Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).