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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - Then Laban H3837 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “What H4100 have you done H6213 [fn]by deceiving H1589 me and carrying H5090 away H5090 my daughters H1323 like captives H7617 of the sword H2719?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - and they captured H7617 and looted H962 all H3605 their wealth H2428 and all H3605 their little H2945 ones H2945 and their wives H802, even everything H3605 that was in the houses H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 -

“If H3588 someone H376 gives H5414 his neighbor H7453 a donkey H2543, an ox H7794, a sheep H7716, or H176 any H3605 animal H929 to keep H8104 for him, and it dies H4191 or H176 is injured H7665 or H176 is driven H7617 away H7617 while no H369 one H369 is looking H7200,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 -

When the Canaanite H3669, the king H4428 of Arad H6166, who lived H3427 in the [fn]Negev H5045, heard H8085 that Israel H3478 was coming H935 by the way H1870 of Atharim H871, he fought H3898 against Israel H3478 and took H7617 some H4480 of them captive H7628.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 -

“Nevertheless H3588 H518 Kain H7014 will suffer H1197 devastation H1197;

How H4100 long H5704 will Asshur H804 [fn]keep H7617 you captive H7617?”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 took H7617 captive H7617 the women H802 of Midian H4080 and their little H2945 ones H2945; and they plundered H962 all H3605 their cattle H929, all H3605 their flocks H4735, and all H3605 their property H2428.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 -

“When H3588 you go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 your enemies H340, and the LORD H3068 your God H430 hands H3027 H5414 them over H5414 to you and you take H7617 them away captive H7628,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 -

“Awake H5782, awake H5782, Deborah H1683;

Awake H5782, awake H5782, [fn]sing H1696 a song H7892!

Arise H6965, Barak H1301, and lead H7617 away H7617 your captives H7628, son H1121 of Abinoam H42.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and they took H7617 captive H7617 the women H802 and all who H834 were in it, from H4480 the small H6996 to the great H1419, [fn]without H3808 killing H4191 anyone H376, and drove H5090 them off H5090 and went H1980 their way H1870.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - When David H1732 and his men H376 came H935 to the city H5892, behold H2009, it was burned H8313 with fire H784, and their wives H802, their sons H1121, and their daughters H1323 had been taken H7617 captive H7617.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - Now David’s H1732 two H8147 wives H802 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 and Abigail H26 the [fn]widow H802 of Nabal H5037 the Carmelite H3761.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 -

“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 person H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, distant H7350 or H176 near H7138;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - if they [fn]take H7725 it to heart H3820 in the land H776 where H834 H8033 they have been taken H7617 captive H7617, and repent H7725 and implore H2603 Your [fn]favor H2603 in the land H776 of those who have taken H7617 them captive H7617, saying H559, ‘We have sinned H2398 and done H5753 wrong H5753, we have acted H7561 wickedly H7561’;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - if they return H7725 to You with all H3605 their heart H3824 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 in the land H776 of their enemies H340 who H834 have taken H7617 them captive H7617, and pray H6419 to You toward H1870 their land H776 which H834 You have given H5414 to their fathers H1, the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977, and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and forgive H5545 Your people H5971 who H834 have sinned H2398 against You and all H3605 their wrongdoings H6588 which H834 they have committed H6586 against You, and make H5414 them objects of compassion H7356 before H6440 those who have taken H7617 them captive H7617, so that they will have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - Now the Arameans H758 had gone H3318 out H3318 in bands H1416 and had taken H7617 captive H7617 a little H6996 girl H5291 from the land H776 of Israel H3478; and she [fn]waited H1961 on Naaman’s H5283 wife H802.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - But he [fn]answered H559, “You shall not [fn]kill H5221 them. Would you [fn]kill H5221 those whom H834 you have taken H7617 captive H7617 with your sword H2719 and your bow H7198? Set H7760 bread H3899 and water H4325 before H6440 them, so that they may eat H398 and drink H8354, and go H1980 to their master H113.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took H7617 away H7617 their livestock H4735: their fifty H2572 thousand H505 camels H1581, 250,000 H3967 H2572 H505 sheep H6629, and two H505 thousand H505 donkeys H2543; and a hundred H3967 thousand H505 [fn]people H5315 H120.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 -

“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 one H120 who H834 does not sin H2398), and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to a land H776 far H7350 off or H176 near H7138,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - if they [fn]take H7725 it to heart H3824 in the land H776 where H834 H8033 they are taken H7617 captive H7617, and repent H7725 and plead H2603 to You in the land H776 of their captivity H7628, saying H559, ‘We have sinned H2398, we have done H5753 wrong H5753 and have acted H7561 wickedly H7561’;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - if they return H7725 to You with all H3605 their heart H3820 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 in the land H776 of their captivity H7628, where H834 they have been taken H7617 captive H7617, and pray H6419 toward H1870 their land H776 which H834 You have given H5414 to their fathers H1 and the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977, and toward the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They also H1571 fatally H5221 struck H5221 [fn]those who owned H168 livestock H4735, and they led H7617 away H7617 large H7230 numbers H7230 of sheep H6629 and camels H1581. Then they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - and they came H5927 against Judah H3063 and invaded H1234 it, and carried H7617 away H7617 all H3605 the possessions H7399 found H4672 in the king’s H4428 house H1004 together H1571 with his sons H1121 and his wives H802, so that no H3808 son H1121 was left H7604 to him except H3588 H518 [fn]Jehoahaz H3059, the youngest H6996 of his sons H1121.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The sons H1121 of Judah H3063 also captured H7617 ten H6235 thousand H505 alive H2416 and brought H935 them to the top H7218 of the cliff H5553, and threw H7993 them down H7993 from the top H7218 of the cliff H5553 so that they were all H3605 dashed H1234 to H1234 pieces H1234.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 -

Therefore the LORD H3068 his God H430 handed H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to the king H4428 of Aram H758; and they [fn]defeated H5221 him and carried H7617 from him a great H1419 number of captives H7633, and brought H935 them to Damascus H1834. And he was also H1571 handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who struck H5221 him with heavy H1419 casualties H4347.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 -

The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 led H7617 away H7617 captive H7617 two H3967 hundred H3967 thousand H505 of their relatives H251, women H802, sons H1121, and daughters H1323; and they also H1571 [fn]took H962 a great H7227 deal H7227 of spoils H7998 from them, and brought H935 the spoils H7998 to Samaria H8111.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - “Now H6258 then, listen H8085 to me and return H7725 the captives H7633 whom H834 you captured H7617 from your brothers H251, for the burning H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 is against H5921 you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:17 - For the Edomites H130 had come H935 again H5750 and attacked H5221 Judah H3063, and led H7617 away H7617 captives H7628.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - “For if you return H7725 to the LORD H3068, your brothers H251 and your sons H1121 will find compassion H7356 in the presence H6440 of those who led H7617 them captive H7617, and will return H7725 to this H2088 land H776. For the LORD H3068 your God H430 is gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349, and will not turn H5493 His face H6440 away H5493 from you if H518 you return H7725 to Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 -

You have ascended H5927 on high H4791, You have led H7617 captive H7617 Your captives H7628;

You have received H3947 gifts H4979 among people H120,

Even among the rebellious H5637 as well H637, that [fn]the LORD H3050 God H430 may dwell H7931 there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 -

He also made H5414 them objects of compassion H7356

In the presence H6440 of all H3605 their captors H7617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 -

For there H8033 our captors H7617 [fn]demanded H7592 of us [fn]songs H1697 H7892,

And our tormentors H8437, jubilation H8057, saying,

“Sing H7891 for us one of the songs H7892 of Zion H6726!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The peoples H5971 will take H3947 them along and bring H935 them to their place H4725, and the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will make H5157 them their own possession H5157 in the land H127 of the LORD H3068 as male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198; and [fn]they will take H1961 H7617 their captors H7617 captive H7617 and will rule H7287 over their oppressors H5065.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 -

The Spirit H7307 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 is upon me,

Because H3282 the LORD H3068 anointed H4886 me

To bring H1319 good H1319 news H1319 to the humble H6035;

He has sent H7971 me to bind H2280 up H2280 the brokenhearted H7665 H3820,

To proclaim H7121 [fn]release H1865 to captives H7617

And [fn]freedom H6495 to prisoners H631;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 -

But if H518 you do not listen H8085 to it,

My soul H5315 will weep H1058 in secret H4565 for such pride H1466;

And my eyes H5869 will shed H1830

And stream H3381 down H3381 tears H1832,

Because H3588 the flock H5739 of the LORD H3068 has been taken H7617 captive H7617.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael H3458 took H7617 captive H7617 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 who H834 were in Mizpah H4709, the king’s H4428 daughters H1323 and all H3605 the people H5971 who were left H7604 in Mizpah H4709, whom H834 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had put H6485 in H6485 the custody H6485 of Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 took H7617 them captive H7617 and proceeded H1980 to cross H5674 over H5674 to the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 Ishmael H3458 had taken H7617 captive H7617 from Mizpah H4709 turned H5437 around H5437 and came H7725 back H7725, and went H1980 to Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - “And [fn]I shall set H3341 fire H784 to the temples H1004 of the gods H430 of Egypt H4714, and he will burn H8313 them and take H7617 them captive H7617. So he will [fn]wrap H5844 himself with the land H776 of Egypt H4714 as a shepherd H7462 [fn]wraps H5844 himself with his garment H899, and he will depart H3318 from there H8033 safely H7965.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559:

“The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 are oppressed H6231,

And the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 as H3162 well H3162;

And all H3605 who took H7617 them captive H7617 have held H2388 them firmly H2388,

They have refused H3985 to let H7971 them go H7971.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - “Then those of you who H6412 escape H6412 will remember H2142 Me among the nations H1471 to which H834 they will be taken H7617 captive H7617, how H834 I have [fn]been hurt H7665 by their adulterous H2181 hearts H3820 which H834 turned H5493 away H5493 from Me, and by their eyes H5869 which committed H2181 infidelity H2181 with H310 their idols H1544; and they will loathe H6962 themselves in their own sight H6440 for the evils H7451 which H834 they have committed H6213, for all H3605 their abominations H8441.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 -

“On the day H3117 that you stood H5975 aloof H4480 H5048,

On the day H3117 that strangers H2114 carried H7617 off H7617 his wealth H2428,

And foreigners H5237 entered H935 his gate H8179

And cast H3032 lots H1486 for Jerusalem H3389

You too H1571 were as one H259 of them.

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