Quick Definition
αἰχμαλωσία, ας, ἡ n.f. captivity
Strong's Definition
captivity
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | αἰχμή + ἅλωσις
55.23 · Military Activities · Prisoners of War
captivity the state of being taken as a prisoner of war and kept a captive In a number of languages it may be necessary to render ‘captivity’ in terms of ‘being a captive,’ and therefore this expression in REV 13:10 may be rendered as ‘if anyone is meant to become a captive, he will indeed become a captive.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰχμαλωσία, -as, ἡ, (αἰχμάλωτος, q. v.), captivity: Rey. xiii. 10; abstr. for coner. i. q. αἰχμάλωτοι (ef. ἀδελφότης above), Eph. iv. 8 (fr. Ps. xvii. (Ixviii.) 19, [ef. B. 148 (129); W. 225 (211)]); also εἴ τις αἰχμαλωσίαν συνάγει (ace. to the common but doubtless corrupt text), Rev. xiii. 10 (as in Num. xxxi. 12, ete.). [Polyb., Diod., Joseph., Plut., al.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἰχμαλωσία aichmalōsia 3x
captivity, state of captivity; captive multitude, Eph. 4:8; Rev. 13:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† αἰχμαλωσία, -ας, ἡ
(< αἰχμάλωτος), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁבִי, גּוֹלָה;]
captivity (Diod., al.): Re 13:10; pl., abstr. for concr., = αἰχμάλωτοι, Eph 4:8(LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αἰχμαλωσία (aichmalōsia) — captivity. αἰχμᾰλ-ωσία, ἡ, captivity, [LXX+1st c.BC+]
II. body of captives, [LXX+1st c.BC+]