Captive
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors
kap'-tiv (shebhi, galah; aichmalotos and its derivatives): The frequent references in the Old Testament to captives as men forcibly deported (from the Hebrew root shabhah) or inhabiting a land foreign to them (from Hebrew galah) reflect the universal practice of the ancient world. The treatment of captives was sometimes barbarous (2Sa 8:2) but not always so (2Ki 6:21,22).
See further under ASSIR and WAR.
Figurative: Except in Job 42:10 the figurative use of the idea is confined to the New Testament, where reference is made to the triumphal reign of the Lord Jesus (Lu 4:18; Eph 4:8), or, on the other hand, to the power of the devil (2Ti 2:26), or of false teachers (2Ti 3:6); compare also Ro 7:23; 2Co 10:5.
See CAPTIVITY.
F. K. Farr
In other dictionaries
Read “Captive” in the 7 dictionaries- CaptiveEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CaptivityEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CatchEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CaptivityInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CaptiveSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- captive, captivate, captivity, catchTranslation Words
Source of the article
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915