Captivity
גָּלוּתStrong’s H1546galut (ga-lut)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Galut is the Hebrew word usually translated “exile of”, “exile our” and “exile”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;”
Meaning
- Exile, exiles
- (TWOT) captivity
How it's translated
- exile of 5
- of exile of 3
- of exile our 2
- exile 2
- and exile of 2
- and exile my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 5
- Ezekiel 3
- Isaiah 2
- Amos 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Obadiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
- Isaiah 45:13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Jeremiah 24:5Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
- Jeremiah 28:4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
- Jeremiah 40:1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּלוּת galut · captivity
1) exile, exiles 2) (TWOT) captivity Aramaic equivalent: ga.lut (גָּלוּ "captivity" H1547)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “captivity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAPTIVITY, noun
- The state of being a prisoner, or of being in the power of an enemy by force or the fate of war.
- Subjection to love.
- Subjection; a state of being under control.“Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” 2 Corinthians 10:5
- Subjection; servitude; slavery.“But I see another law in my members--bringing me into captivity to the law of sin” Romans 7:23
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.