Strong H7628H7628Aשְׁבִי

captivity

One of the 2 senses of Strong H7628

Transliteration
shebîy
Pronunciation
sheb-ee'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

1) captivity, captives
1a) (state of) captivity
1b) (act of) capture
1c) captives

General definition

From H7618; exiled;
captured; as {noun} exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension booty: - captive ({-ity}) {prisoners} X take {away} that was taken.

In the Bible

Strong H7628A appears in 45 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • captivity31
  • captive9
  • prisoner2
  • lead1
  • take1
  • taken1

First verses

  1. Exodus 12:29
    And 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.
  2. Numbers 21:1
    And 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.
  3. Numbers 31:12
    And 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.
  4. Numbers 31:19
    And 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.
  5. Numbers 31:26
    Take 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:
  6. Deuteronomy 21:10
    When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
  7. Deuteronomy 21:13
    And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
  8. Deuteronomy 28:41
    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:37
    Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:38
    If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
  11. 2 Chronicles 28:17
    For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
  12. 2 Chronicles 29:9
    For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
  13. Ezra 2:1
    Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
  14. Ezra 3:8
    Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
  15. Ezra 8:35
    Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.
  16. Ezra 9:7
    Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
  17. Nehemiah 1:2
    That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
  18. Nehemiah 1:3
    And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
  19. Nehemiah 7:6
    These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
  20. Nehemiah 8:17
    And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
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