שְׁבִית
she.vutcaptivityHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine32 occurrences11 books27 verses
Definition
or שְׁבִית; from H7617; exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Traditional renderings: captive(-ity).
Traditional renderings: captive(-ity).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שְׁבִית:
- αἰχμαλωσίαaichmalōsia“captivity”81%
- αἰχμάλωτοςaichmalōtos“captive”6%
- ἀποστρέφωapostrephō“to turn away”6%
- αὐξάνωauxanō“to grow”6%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
32 total
- Numbers 21:29בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית · into captivityWoe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Deuteronomy 30:3שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ · you from captivity…then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Job 42:10שְׁבִית · his prosperityAfter Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
- Psalm 14:7שְׁב֣וּת · His captiveOh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalm 53:6שְׁב֣וּת · His captiveOh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalm 85:1שְׁבוּת · from captivityFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
- Psalm 126:4שְׁבוּתֵנוּ · our captivesRestore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
- Jeremiah 29:14שְׁבִיתְכֶם · from captivityI will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
- Jeremiah 30:3שְׁב֨וּת · from captivityFor behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Jeremiah 30:18שְׁבוּת֙ · the fortunes ofThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 31:23שְׁבוּתָ֑ם · from captivityThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
- Jeremiah 32:44שְׁבוּתָ֖ם · from captivityFields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 33:7שְׁב֣וּת · from captivity; שְׁב֣וּת · andI will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 33:11שְׁבוּת־ · from captivity…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:26שְׁבוּתָ֖ם · from captivity…then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
- Jeremiah 48:47שְׁבוּת־ · from captivityYet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:6שְׁב֥וּת · from captivityYet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:39שְׁבִית · from captivity“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:14שְׁבִיתֵךְ · your captivityThe visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Ezekiel 16:53שְׁבִ֣יתְהֶ֔ן · from captivity; שְׁבִית; שְׁבִית · as well as; וּשְׁבִית · And I will restore you; שְׁבִיתַ֖יִךְBut I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
- Ezekiel 29:14שְׁב֣וּת · from captivityI will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
- Ezekiel 39:25שְׁבִית · from captivityTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Hosea 6:11שְׁב֥וּת · from captivityAlso for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
- Joel 3:1שְׁב֥וּת · from captivity“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
- Amos 9:14שְׁב֣וּת · from captivityI will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Zephaniah 2:7שְׁבוּתָם׃ · their captivesThe coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
- Zephaniah 3:20שְׁבוּתֵיכֶ֛ם · your captivesAt that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.