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Strong's H7617 שָׁבָה (shabah)

Shabah means “carry” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7617
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 15

Strong's H7617 Quick Answer

Strong's H7617 שָׁבָה (shabah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shabah (shaw-baw') v. 1. to transport into captivity [a primitive root] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include away, into, captivity, captive, and was. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shabah (shaw-baw') v. 1. to transport into captivity [a primitive root]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
away, into, captivity, captive, and was

Meaning and Definition

shabah (shaw-baw') v. 1. to transport into captivity [a primitive root] KJV: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.

Original Word
שָׁבָה
Transliteration
shabah
Derivation
Root: שׁבה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7617. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to take captive

Usage: 1) to take captive 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take captive 1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive 1b) (Niphal) to be taken captive

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How Strong's H7617 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shabah, 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.

away Exodus 22:10 17× into Deuteronomy 21:10 captivity Judges 5:12 captive 1 Kings 8:50 bring Isaiah 14:2 captives Genesis 31:26 they Genesis 34:29 was Genesis 14:14

How Strong's H7617 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7617 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7617 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:14 KJV

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Genesis 31:26 KJV

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Genesis 34:29 KJV

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7617.

Genesis 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Genesis 31:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Genesis 34:29 Old Testament, KJV
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Exodus 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
Numbers 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 24:22 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Numbers 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Deuteronomy 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Judges 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
1 Samuel 30:2 Old Testament, KJV
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 Samuel 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
1 Samuel 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
1 Kings 8:46 Old Testament, KJV
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
1 Kings 8:47 Old Testament, KJV
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
1 Kings 8:48 Old Testament, KJV
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
1 Kings 8:50 Old Testament, KJV
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
2 Kings 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
2 Kings 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
1 Chronicles 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles 6:36 Old Testament, KJV
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
2 Chronicles 6:37 Old Testament, KJV
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;
2 Chronicles 6:38 Old Testament, KJV
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:
2 Chronicles 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
2 Chronicles 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore 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 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now 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 28:17 Old Testament, KJV
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
2 Chronicles 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Psalms 68:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms 106:46 Old Testament, KJV
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Psalms 137:3 Old Testament, KJV
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Isaiah 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Isaiah 61:1 Old Testament, KJV
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Jeremiah 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.
Jeremiah 41:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 41:14 Old Testament, KJV
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
Jeremiah 43:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Jeremiah 50:33 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Ezekiel 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Obadiah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7617, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 11 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7617 FAQ

What does shabah (שָׁבָה) mean?

Shabah (Strong's H7617) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "carry". shabah (shaw-baw') v. 1. to transport into captivity [a primitive root]

How many times is shabah (שָׁבָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H7617 across 15 books.

Where can I study shabah (שָׁבָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7617 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shabah (שָׁבָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as away, into, captivity, captive, was, and captives. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.