שְׁבִית
šĕbît
exile
Strong's H7622NounHebrewTWOT 2311d

שְׁבִית (šĕbît) is a Hebrew noun meaning exile. It appears 41 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7622).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2311d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2311d)restore the captivity of; exile; prisoners, former state of prosperity; captive, captivity
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שְׁבִית noun, feminine

Strong's H7622 שְׁבוּת: exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
KJV:captive(-ity).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2311: שָׁבָה šābâ — take captive; be taken captive; transport into captivity; captive, captives, drive away

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 30:3Job 42:10Psalms 14:7

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