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Lexicon :: Strong's H7617 - šāḇâ

Aa
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
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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 BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - And it came to the ears of the Canaanite, the king of Arad, living in the South, that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he came out against them and took some of them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 - When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:17 - For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 - He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the people will take them with them to their place: and the children of Israel will give them a heritage in the Lord's land as men-servants and women-servants, making them prisoners whose prisoners they were; and they will be rulers over their masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 - The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - And all the people whom Ishmael had taken away prisoners from Mizpah, turning round, came back and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.
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