Genesis 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
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Captives
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Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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9 occurrences in 8 verses.
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שָׁבָה
shâbâh · shaw-baw'
17 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 31:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 6:9
Open full H7617 profile →שִׁבְיָה
shibyâh · shib-yaw'
8 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
Strong's KJV usage: captives(-ity).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 21:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 48:46
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shᵉbîy · sheb-ee'
6 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: Numbers 31:12Strong's last: Daniel 11:8
Open full H7628 profile →גּוֹלָה
gôwlâh · go-law'
3 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: Jeremiah 29:1Strong's last: Ezekiel 1:1
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gâlâh · gaw-law'
3 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 24:14Strong's last: Jeremiah 43:3
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gâlûwth · gaw-looth'
3 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: Isaiah 20:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 28:4
Open full H1546 profile →αἰχμάλωτος
aichmálōtos · aheekh-mal-o-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a prisoner of war, i.e. (genitive case) a captive
Strong's KJV usage: :--captive.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 4:18Strong's last: Luke 4:18
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bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: child, son, young.
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Strong's first: Daniel 2:25Strong's last: Daniel 2:25
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shᵉbûwth · sheb-ooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Strong's KJV usage: captive(-ity).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 16:53Strong's last: Ezekiel 16:53
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H7617
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
H7617
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
H1546
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
H1546
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
H7628
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
H7617
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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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