גּוֹלָה golah

Hebrew word for “captivity” · Strong’s H1473 · used 43 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

1) exiles, exile, captivity; 1a) exiles (coll); 1b) exile, captivity (abstract)

How it is translated

Glosses given for golah in context, with how often each is used:

• exile 23
• exiles 20

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 29 (5), Ezra 10 (4), Ezekiel 12 (4), 2 Kings 24 (3), Ezra 6 (3), Jeremiah 48 (2), Ezekiel 3 (2), Ezekiel 11 (2), 1 Chronicles 5 (1), Ezra 1 (1)

Forms

• הגולה 23
• גולה 8
• בגולה 7
• הגלה 2
• מהגולה 1
• ובגולה 1
• לגלה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with golah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 11
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 11
• גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 8
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 7
• שְׁבִי shevi “captivity” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 9
• נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 4
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 5
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
• דָּבָר davar “word” 7
• בָּדַל badal “to separate” 3
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 6

Key verses

The verses using golah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 24:14 — And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none…
• Ezra 2:1 — Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had…
• Jeremiah 28:6 — Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house,…
• Jeremiah 29:31 — Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent…
• Jeremiah 48:7 — For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his…
• Jeremiah 48:11 — Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:…
• Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go…
• Ezekiel 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the…
• Ezekiel 11:24 — Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up…
• Ezekiel 12:3 — Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their…
• Ezekiel 25:3 — And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and…
• Zechariah 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.