Shekhovet שְׁכֹ֫בֶת
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| שְׁכֹ֫בֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shekhovet |
| Strong's number | H7903 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | copulation |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (3) |
Shekhovet (Hebrew שְׁכֹ֫בֶת, Strong's H7903) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “copulation”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
copulation
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lie (2), lain (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | carnally (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Shekhovet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 18:20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
- Leviticus 18:23Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
- Leviticus 20:15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
Numbers
- Numbers 5:20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).