Strong's Hebrew · H7617
H7617 shâbâh
שָׁבָה
shaw-baw'
to take captive
shâbâh appears 47 times in Scripture, including Genesis 14:14 and Exodus 22:10. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to transport into captivity
In the King James Version
(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 47 times in Scripture
“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.”
“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.”
“The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.”
“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.”
“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,”
“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.”
“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,’”
“Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!”
“They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.”
“Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
