Lexicon :: Strong's H7617 - šāḇâ

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled[fn] his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war!

They captured all their possessions, dependents, and wives and plundered everything in the houses.

“When a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to care for, but it dies, is injured, or is stolen, while no one is watching,

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and captured some prisoners.

Kain will be destroyed

when Asshur takes you captive.

The Israelites took the Midianite women and their dependents captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

“When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

“Awake! Awake, Deborah!

Awake! Awake, sing a song!

Arise, Barak,

and take your prisoners,

son of Abinoam! ”

They also had kidnapped the women and everyone[fn] in it from youngest to oldest. They had killed no one but had carried them off as they went on their way.

David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had also been kidnapped.

When they sin against you —

for there is no one who does not sin —

and you are angry with them

and hand them over to the enemy,

and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country —

whether distant or nearby —

May you forgive your people

who sinned against you

and all their rebellions[fn] against you,

and may you grant them compassion

before their captors,

so that they may treat them compassionately.

Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife.

Elisha replied, “Don’t kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.”

They captured the Hagrites’ livestock ​— ​fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys ​— ​as well as one hundred thousand people.

When they sin against you —

for there is no one who does not sin —

and you are angry with them

and hand them over to the enemy,

and their captors deport them

to a distant or nearby country,

They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and captured many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

So they went to war against Judah and invaded it. They carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace and also his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz,[fn] his youngest son.

and the Judahites captured ten thousand alive. They took them to the top of a cliff where they threw them off, and all of them were dashed to pieces.

So the LORD his God handed Ahaz over to the king of Aram. He attacked him and took many captives to Damascus.

Ahaz was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with great force:

Then the Israelites took two hundred thousand captives from their brothers ​— ​women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder from them and brought it to Samaria.

“Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the LORD’s burning anger is on you.”

The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives.

“for when you return to the LORD, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.”

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;

you received gifts from[fn] people,

even from the rebellious,

so that the LORD God might dwell there.[fn]

He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors.

for our captors there asked us for songs,

and our tormentors, for rejoicing:

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me,

because the LORD has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to heal[fn] the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and freedom to the prisoners;

But if you will not listen,

my innermost being will weep in secret

because of your pride.

My eyes will overflow with tears,

for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people of Mizpah including the daughters of the king ​— ​all those who remained in Mizpah over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

All the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and rejoined Johanan son of Kareah.

“I[fn] will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, and he will burn them and take them captive. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off[fn] his clothes, and he will leave there unscathed.

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.

All their captors hold them fast;

they refuse to release them.

“Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are taken captive, how I was crushed by their promiscuous hearts that turned away from me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil things they did, their detestable actions of every kind.

On the day you stood aloof,

on the day strangers captured his wealth,[fn]

while foreigners entered his city gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were just like one of them.