Quick Definition
to take captive
Strong's Definition
to transport into captivity
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
TWOT Reference: 2311
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבָה (sha.vah) — to take captive. 1) to take captive 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take captive 1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive 1b) (Niphal) to be taken captive
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׁבוּת · שְׁבִי · שָׁבִי · שִׁבְיָה · שְׁבִית
Control | verb qal ptc.pass
captive = a person or group that has been forcibly carried off into slavery or exile
Control | verb qal, verb nif
to take captive, to carry off = causative action by which people, animals or objects are forcibly carried off; ► in the case of people, into slavery or exile
GEN 14:14 · GEN 34:29 · EXO 22:9 · NUM 21:1 · NUM 24:22 · NUM 31:9 · DEU 21:10 · JDG 5:12 · 1SA 30:2 · 1SA 30:3 · 1SA 30:5 · 1KI 8:46 · 1KI 8:47 · 1KI 8:48 · 2KI 5:2 · 2KI 6:22 · 1CH 5:21 · 2CH 6:36 · 2CH 6:37 · 2CH 6:38 · 2CH 14:14 · 2CH 21:17 · 2CH 25:12 · 2CH 28:5 · 2CH 28:8 · 2CH 28:11 · 2CH 28:17 · PSA 68:19 · ISA 14:2 · JER 13:17 · JER 41:10 · JER 41:10 · JER 41:14 · JER 43:12 · EZK 6:9 · OBA 1:11
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבָה 47 vb. take captive Qal take captive
Niph. be taken captive
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