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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Captivity

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

127exact KJV occurrences 122Old Testament 5New Testament 29books containing the word 12mapped Strong's IDs 125occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Numbers 21:29

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 13:10

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where captivity appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7622
שְׁבוּת

shᵉbûwth · sheb-ooth'

31 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity

Strong's KJV usage: captive(-ity).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Numbers 21:29Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:20

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HebrewH1540
גָּלָה

gâlâh · gaw-law'

11 times translated as this KJV form190 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Judges 18:30Strong's last: Micah 1:16

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HebrewH1546
גָּלוּת

gâlûwth · gaw-looth'

10 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)

Strong's KJV usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:27Strong's last: Obadiah 1:20

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HebrewH2925
טַלְטֵלָה

ṭalṭêlâh · tal-tay-law'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

overthrow or rejection

Strong's KJV usage: captivity.

Strong's first: Isaiah 22:17Strong's last: Isaiah 22:17

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HebrewH3627
כְּלִי

kᵉlîy · kel-ee'

1 times translated as this KJV form306 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

Strong's KJV usage: armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, × one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, whatsoever.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 46:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 46:19

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HebrewH7633
שִׁבְיָה

shibyâh · shib-yaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)

Strong's KJV usage: captives(-ity).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Nehemiah 4:4Strong's last: Nehemiah 4:4

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HebrewH7870
שִׁיבָה

shîybâh · shee-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a return (of property)

Strong's KJV usage: captivity.

Strong's first: Psalms 126:1Strong's last: Psalms 126:1

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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127 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Nehemiah 1:2
H7628

That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3
H7628

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Nehemiah 4:4
H7633

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

Nehemiah 7:6
H7628

These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

Nehemiah 8:17
H7628

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

Esther 2:6
H1473

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

Job 42:10
H7622

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Psalms 14:7
H7622

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms 53:6
H7622

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms 68:18
H7628

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalms 78:61
H7628

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Psalms 85:1
H7622

<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.>> LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Psalms 126:1
H7870

<<A Song of degrees.>> When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Psalms 126:4
H7622

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Isaiah 5:13
H1540

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 22:17
H2925

Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Isaiah 46:2
H7628

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

Jeremiah 15:2
H7628

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

Jeremiah 15:2
H7628

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

Jeremiah 20:6
H7628

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

Jeremiah 22:22
H7628

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 29:14
H7622

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.

Jeremiah 29:16
H1473

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

Jeremiah 29:20
H1473

Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Jeremiah 29:22
H1546

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

captivity

CAPTIVITY, noun

1. The state of being a prisoner, or of being in the power of an enemy by force or the fate of war.

2. Subjection to love.

3. Subjection; a state of being under control.

Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5.

4. Subjection; servitude; slavery.

But I see another law in my members--bringing me into captivity to the law of sin. Romans 7:23.

To lead captivity captive, in scripture, is to subdue those who have held others in slavery, or captivity Psalms 98:1.

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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