A household item of furniture set aside for sleep, rest and quietness.

Deuteronomy 3:11

Various kinds of bed

Amos 6:4
Acts 9:34

See also

Matthew 9:6
Mark 2:4

pp Mk 2:11-12

pp Lk 5:18-19

Acts 5:15

pp Mt 9:2

pp Lk 5:24

2 Kings 4:10

The bed as a place of rest

See also

1 Samuel 3:2
2 Samuel 4:5,7; 11:13
Esther 7:8
Job 33:15
Psalms 139:8
Proverbs 7:16-17; 26:14
Isaiah 28:20
Daniel 4:5; 7:1
Luke 11:7

Beds were not always comfortable

Psalms 41:3

The bed as a place of recuperation

Acts 28:8

See also

Genesis 48:2
Exodus 21:18
2 Samuel 13:5
1 Kings 17:19
2 Kings 1:4; 4:21
Job 7:13-14; 33:19
Daniel 8:27
Matthew 8:14
Revelation 2:22

pp Mk 1:30

Psalms 4:4

The bed as a place in which to be alone

Micah 2:1

See also

1 Kings 21:4
2 Kings 6:12; 11:2
Psalms 6:6; 63:6
Ecclesiastes 10:20
Deuteronomy 22:30

The bed representing sexual union

Hebrews 13:4

See also

Genesis 39:7
Deuteronomy 27:20
2 Samuel 13:11
1 Chronicles 5:1
Ezekiel 22:10; 23:17
Genesis 28:11

Unusual places used as beds

1 Kings 19:5
Jonah 1:5
Mark 4:38
Isaiah 57:7

Bed associated with a description of apostasy

See also

1409 dream
5056 rest
5297 disease
5534 sleep, spiritual
6237 sexual sin
6243 adultery, spiritual
8704 apostasy