Quick Definition
captivity
Strong's Definition
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Derivation: or שְׁבִית; from H7617 (שָׁבָה);
KJV Usage: captive(-ity).
TWOT Reference: 2311d
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
שְׁבִית (she.vut) — captivity. 1) captivity, captives 2) defeat, reversed fortunes
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁוב
Safe | ≈ רחם
Collocation: שׁוב שְׁבוּת
to restore the fortunes (of someone) = causative action by which deities restore the well-being of an indivual or group
DEU 30:3 · JOB 42:10 · PSA 14:7 · PSA 53:7 · PSA 126:4 · JER 29:14 · JER 30:3 · JER 30:18 · JER 31:23 · JER 32:44 · JER 33:7 · JER 33:7 · JER 33:11 · JER 33:26 · JER 48:47 · JER 49:6 · JER 49:39 · LAM 2:14 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 29:14 · EZK 39:25 · HOS 6:11 · JOL 4:1 · AMO 9:14 · ZEP 2:7 · ZEP 3:20
1 JOB 42:10 · JER 49:39 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 16:53 · EZK 39:25 MT-K שׁבית | MT-Q שְׁבוּת 2 PSA 126:4 MT-K שׁבותנו | MT-Q שְׁבִיתֵנוּ 3 JER 29:14 MT-K שׁביתכם | MT-Q שְׁבוּתְכֶם 4 LAM 2:14 MT-K שׁביתך | MT-Q שְׁבוּתֵךְ 5 EZK 16:53 MT-K ושׁבית | MT-Q וּשְׁבוּת 6 ZEP 2:7 MT-K שׁבותם | MT-Q שְׁבִיתָם
noun f · שׁבה
Control
captivity = state in which people have been forcibly carried off into slavery or exile
noun f · שׁוב
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁבִית, שְׁבוּת n.f. id. [v.ao.ad] in cl. give his daughters into captivity
in phr. restore the captivity of
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