שְׁכָבָה

she.kha.vahsemenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine9 occurrences3 books9 verses

Definition

from H7901; a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
Traditional renderings: × carnally, copulation, × lay, seed.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שְׁכָבָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. Exodus 16:13שִׁכְבַ֣ת · a layer
    That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
  2. Exodus 16:14שִׁכְבַ֣ת · When the layer
    When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
  3. Leviticus 15:16שִׁכְבַת־ · has an emission
    When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  4. Leviticus 15:17שִׁכְבַת־ · an emission
    Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
  5. Leviticus 15:18שִׁכְבַת־ · and there is an emission
    If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
  6. Leviticus 15:32שִׁכְבַת־ · an emission
    This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
  7. Leviticus 19:20שִׁכְבַת־
    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
  8. Leviticus 22:4שִׁכְבַת־ · an emission
    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  9. Numbers 5:13שִׁכְבַת־
    …by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),