Captivity
שְׁבִיStrong’s H7628shevi (she-vi)
Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shevi is the Hebrew word usually translated “captivity”, “captive” and “captivity their”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”
Meaning
- Captivity, captives(state of) captivity · (act of) capture · captives
- Captive
How it's translated
- in captivity 14
- captive 4
- captivity their 4
- the captivity 3
- to captivity 3
- captivity 2
- from captivity of 2
- from the captivity 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 8
- Isaiah 5
- Numbers 4
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Ezra 4
- Nehemiah 4
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:33In contextAnd they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
- Exodus 12:29And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
- 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 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 31:19And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
- Numbers 31:26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
All 47 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁבִי shevi · captivity
1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) (act of) capture 1c) captives
שָׁבִי shvi · captive
captive
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.