שְׁבִי
she.vi
“captivity”
Definition
exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
from H7618 (שְׁבוּ);
- captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) (act of) capture 1c) captives
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שְׁבִי appears 46 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
and put aside the clothing of her captivity.After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
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