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Lexicon :: Strong's H7617 - šāḇâ

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שָׁבָה
Transliteration
šāḇâ
Pronunciation
shaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2311

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבָה shâbâh, shaw-baw'; a primitive root; to transport into captivity:—(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7617 in the following manner: (carry, take away, ...) captive (37x), (take, drive, ...) away (8x), take (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H7617 in the following manner: (carry, take away, ...) captive (37x), (take, drive, ...) away (8x), take (2x).

  1. to take captive

    1. (Qal)

      1. to take captive

      2. captive (participle)

      3. to lead captive

    2. (Niphal) to be taken captive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבָה shâbâh, shaw-baw'; a primitive root; to transport into captivity:—(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
STRONGS H7617: Abbreviations
שָׁבָה verb take captive (Late Hebrew, Old Aramaic id.;Arabic bdb098506 (bdb098507); Aramaic שְׁבָא, bdb098508) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Jeremiah 41:14; suffixוְשָׁבָם (consecutive) Jeremiah 43:12 (but read וְשָׁבָה Gie; Du conjectures וְֽֽֽשׁמְמוּ); 2nd person masculine singular שָׁבִיתָ 2 Kings 6:22; Psalm 68:19, etc., Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁבְּ Numbers 21:1; Jeremiah 41:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular וּשְׁבֵה Judges 5:12; Infinitive construct שְׁבוֺת Obadiah 11; Participle active plural שֹׁבִים Isaiah 14:2, etc.; passive masculine plural שְׁבוּיִם Isaiah 61:1, feminine plural construct שְׁבֻיוֺת Genesis 31:26; — take captive
1.
a. with accusative of person, Numbers 24:22 (JE), 1 Samuel 30:2; 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Kings 6:22 (+ ב instrumental) Jeremiah 41:10 (twice in verse) (but Jeremiah 41:10b Gie reads וַיַּשְׁכֵּם, compare Greek Version of the LXX Luc), Jeremiah 41:14, Genesis 34:29 (P), 2 Chronicles 28:8 (+ מִן part), + 6 times; + Jeremiah 43:12 apparently with accusative idols (but see above; accusative land Gie).
b. accusative חֵילוֺ Obadiah 11 הָֽרְכוּשׁ 2 Chronicles 21:17, cattle, etc., 1 Chronicles 5:21; 2 Chronicles 14:14
c. participle in periphrastic conjugation (לְשֹׁבֵיהֶם) וְהָיוּ שֹׁבִים Isaiah 14:2; participle with suffix = their captives, etc., 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36; Isaiah 14:2; Jeremiah 50:33, + 5 times; Passive participle Isaiah 61:1 = captives; כִּשְׁבֻיוֺת חָ֑רֶב Genesis 31:26 my daughters as captives of the sword.
2. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׁבִי Judges 5:12 lead captive thy captives, compare Psalm 68:19; 2 Chronicles 28:17, so (+ מִן person) Numbers 21:1 (JE), and (accusative שִׁבְיָה) 2 Chronicles 28:5, 11; שִׁבְיוֺ שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 21:10 = take him captive.
Niph. be taken captive: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁבָּה, of man Genesis 14:14, of beast Exodus 22:9 (E), of עֵדֶר י׳ Jeremiah 13:17; 3rd person plural נִשְׁבּוּ, human subject 1 Samuel 30:8, 5; 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Ezekiel 6:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:14; 31:26; 31:26; 34:29

Exodus

22:9

Numbers

21:1; 21:1; 24:22

Deuteronomy

21:10

Judges

5:12; 5:12

1 Samuel

30:2; 30:5; 30:8

1 Kings

8:46; 8:47

2 Kings

5:2; 6:22; 6:22

1 Chronicles

5:21

2 Chronicles

6:36; 6:37; 14:14; 21:17; 28:5; 28:8; 28:11; 28:17

Psalms

68:19; 68:19

Isaiah

14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 61:1; 61:1

Jeremiah

13:17; 41:10; 41:10; 41:10; 41:14; 41:14; 43:12; 43:12; 50:33

Ezekiel

6:9

Obadiah

1:11; 1:11

H7617

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7617 matches the Hebrew שָׁבָה (šāḇâ),
which occurs 47 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Avram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - Lavan said to Ya`akov, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - The Kana`ani, the king of `Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Yisra'el came by the way of Atarim; and he fought against Yisra'el, and took some of them captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - Nevertheless Kayin shall be wasted, Until Ashshur shall carry you away captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The children of Yisra'el took captive the women of Midyan and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 - When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - Awake, awake, Devorah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Avino`am.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - David's two wives were taken captive, Achino'am the Yizre`elite, and Avigayil the wife of Naval the Karmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - The Aram had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of Eretz-Yisra'el a little maiden; and she waited on Na`aman's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They struck also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - and they came up against Yehudah, and broke 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 Yeho'achaz, the youngest of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - other ten thousand did the children of Yehudah carry away alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Dammesek. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Yisra'el, who struck him with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - The children of Yisra'el carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Shomron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:17 - For again the Edom had come and struck Yehudah, and carried away captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - For if you turn again to the LORD, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and 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 you return to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, Yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 - He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Tziyon!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Yisra'el shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Yishma'el carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mitzpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mitzpah, whom Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam; Yishma'el the son of Netanyah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of `Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So all the people who Yishma'el had carried away captive from Mitzpah turned about and came back, and went to Yochanan the son of Kareach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Mitzrayim; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Mitzrayim, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in shalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - Thus says the LORD of hosts: The children of Yisra'el and the children of Yehudah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Yerushalayim, even you were like one of them.
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