שִׁבְיָה
shibyâh · shib-yaw'
exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7628 (שְׁבִי);
exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captives(-ity).
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
- 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 › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁבְיָה 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the captives4 · 44%
- among the captives1 · 11%
- and of the captives1 · 11%
- of them captives1 · 11%
- of captivity1 · 11%
- captives1 · 11%
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.