שְׁבִית shevut

Hebrew word for “captivity” · Strong’s H7622 · used 32 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

1) captivity, captives; 2) defeat, reversed fortunes

How it is translated

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

• captivity 30
• captivities 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 33 (3), Jeremiah 30 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 30 (1), Job 42 (1), Psalms 14 (1), Psalms 53 (1), Psalms 85 (1), Psalms 126 (1)

Forms

• שׁבות 18
• שׁבותם 3
• שׁבותך 2
• בשׁבית 1
• שׁבית 1
• שׁביתנו 1
• שׁבותכם 1
• שׁביתהן 1
• ושׁבות 1
• שׁביתיך 1

Words used with it

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

• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 26
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 6
• רָחַם racham “to have compassion” 4
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 6
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 7
• קָבַץ qavats “to gather” 3
• עִיר ir “city” 4
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 3
• גִּיל gil “to rejoice” 2
• אַחֲרִית acharit “end” 2
• יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 2
• כֹּה koh “thus” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 30:3 — That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy…
• Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Jeremiah 29:14 — And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I…
• Jeremiah 30:3 — For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Jeremiah 31:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again…
• Jeremiah 33:7 — And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false…
• Ezekiel 39:25 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my…
• Amos 9:14 — And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink…
• Zephaniah 2:7 — And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the…

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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.