31 occurrences in 12 translations

'Couch' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

and the River hath teemed with frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs;

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBakingPalacesBedsMany CreaturesHouses Under AttackPots For Cooking And EatingPrivate Rooms

When they had come [into] the house, he [was] lying on his couch {in his bedchamber}, and they attacked him and killed him. Then they {beheaded him}, and they took his head and went on the way of the Arabah all night.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

Late one afternoon about dusk, David got up from his couch and was walking around on the roof of the royal palace. From there he watched a woman taking a bath, and she was very beautiful to look at.

Verse ConceptsBodyBathing, For RefreshmentRoofPornographyRooftopBedsWomen's Beauty

Then at David's invitation, he and Uriah dined and drank wine together, and David got him drunk. Later that evening, Uriah went out to lie on a couch in the company of his lord's servants, and he did not go down to his house.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Examples OfPeople Making Drunk

And Jonadab saith to him, 'Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.'

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestPretendingSick Individuals

couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted corn, and beans, and lentiles, and roasted pulse,

Verse ConceptsFlourBasinsBeansBeds

And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, even the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.

Verse Conceptsstructure

The lowest couch, five by the cubit is its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit is its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit is its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without -- not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits is its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.

Verse ConceptsHeightDecksDimensions Of ChambersCedar Woodstructure

As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he is the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and he is not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,

Verse ConceptsConcubinesBirthrightsFirstborn Sons

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the house of wine drinking, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.

Verse ConceptsBedsPeople Tumbling

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Verse ConceptsBedsHuman ComfortComplaining

If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Verse ConceptsDensDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Verse ConceptsNightTirednessTearsTired In Activity

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.

Verse ConceptsMeditationNightAll Night PrayersMeditation On God Himself

'If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

Verse Conceptsstructure

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGod's OmnipresencePaths Of BelieversLying Down To Rest

If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAfterlifeClimbingThe Fact Of DeathGoing To Heaven

With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsClothBedsLinenTapestriesGuest Rooms

I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Verse ConceptsPerfumePlantsCinnamonAttraction

W While the king is on his couch,my perfume releases its fragrance.

Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch.

Verse ConceptsHandsome Men

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

Verse ConceptsSeeking But Not Finding People

Lo, his couch, that is Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones are around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.

Verse ConceptsSacrifice, In OtBedsSacrificing On The High PlacesInfidelity

And behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest,

Verse ConceptsCoveringNakednessPagansBedsmanhood

You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and oil.

Verse ConceptsTables

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

Verse ConceptsLegsMouthsRemnantShepherds, As OccupationsBedsStock Keepingdamascus

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Couch (53 instances)
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