Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
captive
Usage: 1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) captives
shibyah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H7633 שִׁביָה (shibyah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shibyah (shib-yaw') n-f. 1. exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively) [feminine of H7628] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include captives. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shibyah (shib-yaw') n-f. 1. exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively) [feminine of H7628] KJV: captives(-ity). Root(s): H7628
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captive
Usage: 1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) captives
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shibyah, 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.
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.
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.
9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
I 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.
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.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7633.
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
I 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.
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.
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.
And 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.
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
And 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.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7633, grouped by book.
Strong's H7633 is a Hebrew entry for H7633 שִׁביָה (shibyah). shibyah (shib-yaw') n-f. 1. exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively) [feminine of H7628]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H7633 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7633 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as captives. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.