גָּלוּת galut
Hebrew word for “captivity” · Strong’s H1546 · used 15 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) exile, exiles; 2) (TWOT) captivity; Aramaic equivalent: ga.lut (גָּלוּ "captivity" H1547)
How it is translated
Glosses given for galut in context, with how often each is used:
- exiles 8
- exile 7
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Amos 1 (2), 2 Kings 25 (1), Isaiah 20 (1), Isaiah 45 (1), Jeremiah 24 (1), Jeremiah 28 (1), Jeremiah 29 (1), Jeremiah 40 (1), Jeremiah 52 (1), Ezekiel 1 (1)
Forms
- גלות 7
- לגלות 3
- לגלותנו 2
- וגלת 2
- וגלותי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with galut more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 5
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 5
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
- אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ evil merodakh “Evil-merodach” 2
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 5
- חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 4
- עָשָׂר asar “ten” 4
- יְהוֹיָכִין yehoyakhin “Jehoiachin” 2
- שָׁלֵם shalem “complete” 2
- אַרְבַּע arba “four” 3
- עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 3
- עִיר ir “city” 4
Key verses
The verses using galut that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Kings 25:27 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the…
- Isaiah 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks…
- Isaiah 45:13 — I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith…
- Jeremiah 24:5 — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this…
- Jeremiah 28:4 — And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I…
- Jeremiah 29:22 — And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king…
- Jeremiah 52:31 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the…
- Ezekiel 1:2 — In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- Ezekiel 33:21 — And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came…
- Ezekiel 40:1 — In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was…
- Amos 1:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole…
- Amos 1:9 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole…
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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.