# שְׁכָבָה (shekhavah)

Israeli respelling: she-kha-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7902. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)

King James renderings: [idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shekhavah-h7902

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 16:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/13) — And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
- [Exodus 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/14) — And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on…
- [Leviticus 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/16) — And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
- [Leviticus 15:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/17) — And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
- [Leviticus 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/18) — The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
- [Leviticus 15:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/32) — This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
- [Leviticus 19:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/20) — And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she…
- [Leviticus 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/22/4) — What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso…
- [Numbers 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/13) — And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness…