H7633 שִׁבְיָה (shibyâh) shib-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

captive

Strong's Definition

exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)

Derivation: feminine of H7628 (שְׁבִי);

KJV Usage: captives(-ity).

TWOT Reference: 2311c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) captivity, captives

1a) (state of) captivity

1b) captives

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁבְיָה (shiv.yah) — captive. 1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) captives

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׁבְיָה (H7633)

noun f · שׁבה

Control

captive = a group of people that have been forcibly carried off to prison, into slavery, or exile

DEU 21:11 · DEU 32:42 · 2CH 28:11 · 2CH 28:13 · 2CH 28:14 · 2CH 28:15

Control

captivity = state in which people have been forcibly carried off into slavery or exile

2CH 28:5 · NEH 3:36 · JER 48:46

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁבְיָה n.f. captivity, captives (coll.) base

Bible Occurrences (9)

21:11 32:42

28:5 28:11 28:13 28:14 28:15

4:4

48:46

Deuteronomy 21:11

if you see a beautiful... woman among [them], and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.

2 Chronicles 28:5

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took... many... captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

2 Chronicles 28:11

Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger... of the LORD is upon you.”

2 Chronicles 28:13

You must not bring the captives here, they said, for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger... is upon Israel.”

2 Chronicles 28:14

So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.

2 Chronicles 28:15

Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed [their wounds], and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

Nehemiah 4:4

Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.