גּוֹלָה
gôwlâh · go-law'
exile; concretely and collectively exiles
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) גֹּלָה; active participle feminine of H1540 (גָּלָה);
exile; concretely and collectively exiles
- exile
- concretely, and collectively exiles
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (carried away), captive(-ity), removing.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גּוֹלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into captivity7 · 18%
- of the captivity5 · 13%
- of those that had been carried away4 · 10%
- to them of the captivity2 · 5%
- for removing2 · 5%
- he into captivity1 · 3%
- captive1 · 3%
- in their steads until the captivity1 · 3%
- with them of the captivity1 · 3%
- of those which had been carried away1 · 3%
- out of captivity1 · 3%
- of them that had been carried away1 · 3%
- with the captivity1 · 3%
- and all that is carried away captive1 · 3%
- which were carried away captives1 · 3%
- unto all that are carried away captives1 · 3%
- with you into captivity1 · 3%
- all ye of the captivity1 · 3%
- to all them of the captivity1 · 3%
- thyself to go into captivity1 · 3%
- the captives1 · 3%
- thee to them of the captivity1 · 3%
- unto them of the captivity1 · 3%
- for captivity1 · 3%
- unto them: they shall remove1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.