שְׁבִי
šābî
captivity
Strong's H7628NounHebrewTWOT 2311b

שְׁבִי (šābî) is a Hebrew noun meaning captivity. It appears 48 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7628).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2311b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2311b)captive; exiled, captured, exile, booty; captivity, prisoners, that was taken
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁבִי adjective: captive

masculine whence] שְׁבִיָּה noun, feminine captive

Strong's H7628 שְׁבִי: exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
KJV:captive(-ity), prisoners, × take away, that was taken.

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

Exodus 12:29Numbers 21:1Deuteronomy 21:10

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