Quick Definition
to mate
Strong's Definition
to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: let gender, lie down.
TWOT Reference: 2108
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָבַע (ra.va) — to mate. 1) to lie stretched out, lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie down 1a1a) for repose 1a1b) for copulation (of woman with beast) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding) Also means: re.va (רֶבַע "to lie down" H7252)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Copulate | verb qal
to mate, to have intercourse literally: to lie down; hence: = actions by which humans assume a horizontal position to order to copulate with an animal
Copulate | verb hif
to cause to mate literally: to cause to lie down; hence: = causative action by which humans cause animals to copulate with each other
verb · אַרְבַּע · רְבִיעִי · רֶבַע · רֹבַע · רִבֵּעַ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָבַע] vb. lie stretched out, lie down Qal my lying down
Hiph. thy cattle thou shalt not cause to (let) lie down (i.e. breed) in two kinds.
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