Strong's Hebrew · H7617

שָׁבָה

shâbâh · shaw-baw'

(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.

Definition

to transport into captivity

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 47 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 30:2

They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

Numbers 21:1

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.

Numbers 31:9

The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Exodus 22:10

If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

2 Chronicles 21:17

So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

2 Chronicles 6:37

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

Genesis 31:26

Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

Genesis 34:29

They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

Numbers 24:22

Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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