Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5229 bed
A household item of furniture set aside for sleep, rest and quietness.
Various kinds of bed
Deuteronomy 3:11; Amos 6:4; Acts 9:34 See also Matthew 9:6 pp Mark 2:11-12 pp Luke 5:18-19; Mark 2:4 pp Matthew 9:2 pp Luke 5:24; Acts 5:15
The bed as a place of rest
2 Kings 4:10 See also 1 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 4:5,7; Samuel 11:13; Esther 7:8; Job 33:15; Psalm 139:8; Proverbs 7:16-17; Proverbs 26:14; Isaiah 28:20 Beds were not always comfortable; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 7:1; Luke 11:7
The bed as a place of recuperation
Psalm 41:3; Acts 28:8 See also Genesis 48:2; Exodus 21:18; 2 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 1:4; Kings 4:21; Job 7:13-14; Job 33:19; Daniel 8:27; Matthew 8:14 pp Mark 1:30; Revelation 2:22
The bed as a place in which to be alone
Psalm 4:4; Micah 2:1 See also 1 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 6:12; Kings 11:2; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 63:6; Ecclesiastes 10:20
The bed representing sexual union
Deuteronomy 22:30; Hebrews 13:4 See also Genesis 39:7; Deuteronomy 27:20; 2 Samuel 13:11; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Ezekiel 22:10; Ezekiel 23:17
Unusual places used as beds
Genesis 28:11; 1 Kings 19:5; Jonah 1:5; Mark 4:38
Bed associated with a description of apostasy
Isaiah 57:7
See also
1409 dream 5056 rest 5297 disease 5533 sleep, physical 6237 sexual sin 6243 adultery, spiritual 8704 apostasy
