Shekhavah שְׁכָבָה

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Shekhavah
שְׁכָבָה
Transliterationshekhavah
Strong's numberH7902
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosssemen
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (6)

Shekhavah (Hebrew שְׁכָבָה, Strong's H7902) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “semen”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) act of lying, layer, coating
1a) act of lying (of sexual relations)
1b) layer

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

Translated as

KJVcopulation (3), lay (2), carnally (1)
BSBemission (3), layer (2), has an emission (1), there is an emission (1)

Verses

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

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

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).
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