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bed

Meaning of “bed”

Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.

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90 occurrences87 verses25 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 48:2

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1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 19:13 · retained source text

And Michal tooke an image, and laid it in the bedde, and put a pillow of goats haire for his bolster, and couered it with a cloth.

1 Samuel 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 19:15 · retained source text

And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay him.

1 Samuel 19:16
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 19:16 · retained source text

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.

1 Samuel 28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 28:23 · retained source text

But hee refused, and said, I will not eate. But his seruants together with the woman compelled him, and he hearkened vnto their voyce: so he arose from the earth, & sate vpon the bed.

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