Strong's Hebrew · H4904

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb · mish-kawb'

Definitiona bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Derivationfrom H7901 (שָׁכַב);
KJV usagebed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Occurrences46 in the KJV · 44 verses

מִשְׁכָּב in Scripture

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. 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 kneading troughs: 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: Leviticus 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall 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. Leviticus 15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 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. 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. 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. Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is 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. Numbers 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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