Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
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Captive
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2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
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גָּלָה
gâlâh · gaw-law'
25 times translated as this KJV form190 total Strong's occurrences
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Strong's KJV usage: advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, × plainly, publish, remove, reveal, × shamelessly, shew, × surely, tell, uncover.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 15:29Strong's last: Nahum 2:7
Open full H1540 profile →שָׁבָה
shâbâh · shaw-baw'
20 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
to transport into captivity
Strong's KJV usage: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 14:14Strong's last: Obadiah 1:11
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shᵉbîy · sheb-ee'
4 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences
exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
Strong's KJV usage: captive(-ity), prisoners, × take away, that was taken.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 12:29Strong's last: Isaiah 52:2
Open full H7628 profile →αἰχμαλωτεύω
aichmalōteúō · aheekh-mal-o-tew'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to capture (like G163)
Strong's KJV usage: :--lead captive.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 4:8Strong's last: 2 Timothy 3:6
Open full G162 profile →גּוֹלָה
gôwlâh · go-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
exile; concretely and collectively exiles
Strong's KJV usage: (carried away), captive(-ity), removing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 24:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 28:6
Open full H1473 profile →גָּלוּת
gâlûwth · gaw-looth'
2 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
Strong's KJV usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 24:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 40:1
Open full H1546 profile →αἰχμαλωτίζω
aichmalōtízō · aheekh-mal-o-tid'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to make captive
Strong's KJV usage: :--lead away captive, bring into captivity.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 21:24Strong's last: Luke 21:24
Open full G163 profile →ζωγρέω
zōgréō · dzogue-reh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to take alive (make a prisoner of war), i.e. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare
Strong's KJV usage: :--take captive, catch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:26Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:26
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H1540
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
H7617
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.
H1540
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
H1540
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
H1540
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
H1540
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
H1540
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
H1546
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
H1540
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
H1473
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
H1540
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
H1540
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
H1540
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
H1546
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
H1540
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
H1540
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
H7617
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
H7617
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
H7617
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
H1540
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
H1540
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
H1540
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
H1540
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
H1540
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
H1540
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
English meaning and historical usage.
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captive
CAPTIVE, noun
1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; followed by to; as a captive to the victor.
2. One who is charmed or subdued by beauty or excellence; one whose affections are seized, or who is held by strong ties of love.
3. One who is ensnared by love or flattery, or by wiles. 2 Timothy 2:26.
4. A slave. Anciently captives were enslaved by their conquerors. But in modern times, they are not made slaves in Christian countries; and the word captive in a literal sense, rarely signifies a slave.
CAPTIVE, verb transitive To take prisoner; to bring into subjection.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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