שָׁבָה
shâbâh · shaw-baw'
to transport into captivity
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to transport into captivity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁבָה 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- captives4 · 12%
- carried away captive3 · 9%
- captive2 · 6%
- were taken captives2 · 6%
- and carried away2 · 6%
- was taken captive1 · 3%
- as captives1 · 3%
- took they captive1 · 3%
- or driven away1 · 3%
- and took1 · 3%
- shall carry thee away captive1 · 3%
- and thou hast taken1 · 3%
- so that they carry them away1 · 3%
- whither they were carried captives1 · 3%
- of them that carried them captives1 · 3%
- which led them away captive1 · 3%
- them who carried them captive1 · 3%
- and had brought away captive1 · 3%
- those whom thou hast taken captive1 · 3%
- and they took away1 · 3%
- and they carry them away1 · 3%
- whither they are carried captive1 · 3%
- whither they have carried them captives1 · 3%
- into it, and carried away1 · 3%
- carry away captive1 · 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.