Captive
שִׁבְיָהStrong’s H7633shivyah (shiv-yah)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shivyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “group of captives”, “among the captive” and “captive”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;”
Meaning
- Captivity, captives(state of) captivity · captives
How it's translated
- the group of captives 3
- among the captive 1
- and captive 1
- a group of captives 1
- on the group of captives 1
- captivity 1
- in captivity 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Deuteronomy 2
- Nehemiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 28:11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- 2 Chronicles 28:13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
Hebrew dictionary
שִׁבְיָה shivyah · captive
1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) captives
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “captive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAPTIVE, noun
- A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; followed by to; as a captive to the victor.
- One who is charmed or subdued by beauty or excellence; one whose affections are seized, or who is held by strong ties of love.
- One who is ensnared by love or flattery, or by wiles. 2 Timothy 2:26
- A slave.
All definitions and other forms of “captive”
CAPTIVE, verb transitive
To take prisoner; to bring into subjection.
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.