Definition

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

Etymology

from H7901 (שָׁכַב);

Word family

• שָׁכַב shâkab

How the KJV renders it

• bed(-chamber)
• couch
• lieth (lying) with

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.