Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
captivity
Usage: 1) exile, exiles 2) (TWOT) captivity Aramaic equivalent: ga.lut (גָּלוּ "captivity" H1547)
Galuth means “captivity” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1546 — ekbole (“ejection”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1546 גָּלוּת (galuwth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. galuwth (gaw-looth') n-f. 1. captivity 2. (collectively,concretely) exiles It has 14 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include captivity, away, are, and being. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
galuwth (gaw-looth') n-f. 1. captivity 2. (collectively,concretely) exiles [feminine from H1540] KJV: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity). Root(s): H1540
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captivity
Usage: 1) exile, exiles 2) (TWOT) captivity Aramaic equivalent: ga.lut (גָּלוּ "captivity" H1547)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render galuwth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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14 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1546.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1546, grouped by book.
Galuth (Strong's H1546) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "captivity". galuwth (gaw-looth') n-f. 1. captivity 2. (collectively,concretely) exiles
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's H1546 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1546 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as captivity, away, are, and being. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.