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Strong's H4904 מִשְׁכָּב (mishkab)

Mishkab means “couch” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4904 — synergos (“companion in labour”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4904
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 44
Books 18

Strong's H4904 Quick Answer

Strong's H4904 מִשׁכָּב (mishkab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mishkab (mish-kawb') n-m. 1. a bed (figuratively, a bier) 2. abstractly, sleep It has 44 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include bed and beds. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mishkab (mish-kawb') n-m. 1. a bed (figuratively, a bier) 2. abstractly, sleep
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
bed and beds

Meaning and Definition

mishkab (mish-kawb') n-m. 1. a bed (figuratively, a bier) 2. abstractly, sleep 3. by euphemism, carnal intercourse [from H7901] KJV: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with. Root(s): H7901

Original Word
מִשׁכָּב
Transliteration
mishkab
Derivation
Root: שׁכב First root strongs: 7901
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4904. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

bed

Usage: 1) a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying 1a) couch, bed 1b) act of lying, lying down or sleeping room, bedroom 1c) lying down (for sexual contact) Aramaic equivalent: mish.kav (מִשְׁכַּב "bed" H4903)

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How Strong's H4904 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mishkab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bed Genesis 49:4 30× beds 2 Samuel 17:28

How Strong's H4904 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 44 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4904 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4904 in the Old Testament

44 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 49:4 KJV

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 KJV

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 kneadingtroughs:

Exodus 21:18 KJV

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4904.

Genesis 49:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 kneadingtroughs:
Exodus 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Numbers 31:35 Old Testament, KJV
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
Judges 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Judges 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
2 Samuel 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Samuel 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
2 Samuel 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Samuel 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
2 Samuel 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
2 Samuel 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
1 Kings 1:47 Old Testament, KJV
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
2 Kings 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
2 Chronicles 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
Job 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
Job 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Job 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Psalms 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms 36:4 Old Testament, KJV
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psalms 41:3 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 149:5 Old Testament, KJV
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Proverbs 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 22:27 Old Testament, KJV
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Song of Solomon 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isaiah 57:2 Old Testament, KJV
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57:7 Old Testament, KJV
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isaiah 57:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Ezekiel 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
Ezekiel 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
Hosea 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Micah 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4904, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4904 FAQ

What does mishkab (מִשְׁכָּב) mean?

Mishkab (Strong's H4904) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "couch". mishkab (mish-kawb') n-m. 1. a bed (figuratively, a bier) 2. abstractly, sleep

How many times is mishkab (מִשְׁכָּב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's H4904 across 18 books.

Where can I study mishkab (מִשְׁכָּב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4904 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mishkab (מִשְׁכָּב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bed and beds. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.