רָבַץ (rābaṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning stretch oneself out. It appears
30 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7257).
Also rendered
to stretch
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2109)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2109)stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out; lie; cause to lie down; crouch, recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed; fall down, make a fold, lay, make to rest, sit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רָבַץverb: stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
Qallie down, lie
Hiphilcause to lie down, or lie
Strong's H7257רָבַץ: to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed KJV:crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.