To take captive
שָׁבָהStrong’s H7617shavah (sha-vah)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “captors their”, “took captive” and “had taken captive”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.”
Meaning
- To take captive(Qal) · (Niphal) to be taken captive
How it's translated
- captors their 8
- and they took captive 6
- they took captive 3
- and they had taken captive 3
- they have been taken captive 3
- and he took captive 2
- they had been taken captive 2
- and they will take captive them 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 11
- Jeremiah 5
- 1 Kings 4
- Genesis 3
- Numbers 3
- 1 Samuel 3
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
- Genesis 34:29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
- Exodus 22:10If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Numbers 21:1And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
- Numbers 24:22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Numbers 31:9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁבָה shavah · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.