שְׁבִי
shᵉbîy · sheb-ee'
exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7618 (שְׁבוּ);
exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
- exiled
- captured
- as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
- by extension, booty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁבִי 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
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into captivity13 · 27%
- of their captivity4 · 8%
- of the captivity4 · 8%
- captives3 · 6%
- out of the captivity3 · 6%
- to captivity2 · 4%
- of the captive1 · 2%
- some of them prisoners1 · 2%
- the captives1 · 2%
- both yourselves and your captives1 · 2%
- that was taken1 · 2%
- them captive1 · 2%
- of her captivity1 · 2%
- and lead thy captivity1 · 2%
- are in captivity1 · 2%
- thou hast led captivity1 · 2%
- prisoners1 · 2%
- captive1 · 2%
- even the captives1 · 2%
- o captive1 · 2%
- and such as are for the captivity1 · 2%
- to the captivity1 · 2%
- and such as are for captivity1 · 2%
- by captivity1 · 2%
- and have taken away1 · 2%
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.