H1546 - גָּלוּת (gâlûwth)

H1546 גָּלוּת (gâlûwth) gaw-looth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

captivity

Strong's Definition

captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)

Derivation: feminine from H1540 (גָּלָה);

KJV Usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).

TWOT Reference: 350b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) exile, exiles

2) (TWOT) captivity

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) exile, exiles 2) (TWOT) captivity Aramaic equivalent: ga.lut (גָּלוּ "captivity" H1547)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּלוּת gâlûth BDB Definition: 1) exile, exiles 2) (TWOT) captivity Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1540 Same Word by TWOT Number: 350b Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (14)

25:27

20:4 45:13

24:5 28:4 29:22 40:1 52:31

1:2 33:21 40:1

1:6 1:9

1:20

2 Kings 25:27

On the twenty-seventh [day]...... of the twelfth... month of the thirty-seventh... year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king... of Babylon, he released... King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

Isaiah 20:4

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks— to Egypt’s shame.

Isaiah 45:13

I will raise up [Cyrus] in righteousness, and I will make all his ways [straight]. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment [or] reward, says the LORD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 24:5

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 28:4

And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:22

Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse...: May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

Jeremiah 40:1

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:31

On the twenty-fifth...... day of the twelfth... month of the thirty-seventh... year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned... Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison....