Quick Definition
semen
Strong's Definition
a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
KJV Usage: [idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.
TWOT Reference: 2381a
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
שְׁכָבָה (she.kha.vah) — semen. 1) act of lying, layer, coating 1a) act of lying (of sexual relations) 1b) layer
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁכב
Cover
Collocation: שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל
layer of dew = a layer of dew covering the ground
Body Products
Collocation: שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע
discharge of semen, emission of semen = quantity of semen ◄ emitted by the human body spontaneously or during sexual intercourse
LEV 15:16 · LEV 15:17 · LEV 15:18 · LEV 15:32 · LEV 19:20 · LEV 22:4
Copulate | verb qal
Collocation: שׁכב שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע
to have sex literally: to lie with someone the lying of seed; hence: = action by which humans have sexual intercourse with someone else, normally resulting in an emission of semen
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שְׁכָבָה] n.f. act of lying, layer base