Lexical Definition

‎שְׁבוּת‎ shᵉbûwth (sheb-ooth') captivity ^H:N-F
or שְׁבִית shᵉbîyth (sheb-eeth'); from ‎שָׁבָה‎

captive(-ity).

• exile, concretely, prisoners
• figuratively, a former state of prosperity

1) captivity, captives

See Greek: αἰχμαλωσία

Extended Information

• 2) defeat, reversed fortunes

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁבִית‎,‎שְׁבוּת‎ noun feminine id. (√ ‎שׁבה‎ ᵐ5 Thes SS Preusschen: ZAWxv (1895),1 ff. Krae^{Ez 10:53}; > √ ‎שׁוב‎ Ew^{JBW V}(1852-3),216 F., §165B Ol^{§ 412,417} Bö^{§ 464} Kue^{Ttijdschr.vii.519 ff.} Oort^{Ib.xiv. 157} Schw^{ZAWviii(1888),200} and others; Kö^{ii.1. 166 f.}474;ii.2,§329 i thinks derivatives of ‎שׁבה‎ and ‎שׁוב‎ are confused, compare Ew^{§ 166b}); — absolute ‎שְׁבִית‎ Num 21:29 construct ‎שְׁבוּת‎ Hos 6:11 +, sf ‎שְׁבוּתְךָ‎ Deut 30:3 ‎שְׁבִיתְהֶן‎ Ezek 16:53a (see below), ‎שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם‎ Zeph 3:20 (read ‎ת־ְכֶם‎ Now GASm), etc. ᵑ0 has ‎שְׁבוּת‎, etc. 16 t., +Kt (‎שְׁבִית‎ Qr) Zeph 2:7; Ps 85:2*; Ps 126:4+ Ezek 16:53a (Gi, but Baer ‎שְׁבִיתְהֶן‎ Kt and Qr, see his note), +Qr (Kt ‎שׁבית‎) Jer 29:14; Jer 49:39; Ezek 16:53b,c + v:d (but < read ‎וְשַׁבְתִּ֫י‎ for ‎וּשְׁב֯יו‎ Vrss Comm.), Lam 2:14; Job 42:10 ‎שְׁבִית‎ Kt and Qr Num 21:29, ‎שְׁבִיתַתִךְ‎ Ezek 16:53 (but Co Krae ‎שְׁבוּתֵךְ‎); ‎שְׁכִית‎ probably earlier Ew^{§ 186b and elsewhere} Ps 126:1 read probably ‎שְׁבִית‎ for ‎שִׁיבַת‎; —

1. in clause ‎נָתַן בַּשְּׁבִית‎ Num 21:29 (JE) give his daughters into captivity (or as captives, || ‎פְּלֵיטִם‎ of sons, compare Jer 48:46 compare (perhaps) Lam 1:7 (see [ ‎מִשְׁבָּת‎] below ‎שׁבת‎).

2. in phrase restore the captivity of, accusative after ‎שׁוּב‎, ‎הֵשִׁיב‎, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject [verb Qal Deut 30:3+ 15 t.,+Ezek 16:53d Ps 126:1 (see below); Hiph`il Jer 32:41+ 5t., + Qal Kt, Hiph`il Qr, Jer 33:26 + 2 t.]: ,
a. of Israel (or Judah) Hos 6:1l (ᵐ5. joins to Hos 7:1, so, as gloss, We Now), Zeph 2:7; Zeph 3:20; Deut 30:3; Jer 29:14; Jer 30:3; Jer 30:18 (‎אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎), Jer 31:23; Jer 32:44; Jer 33:7 (twice in verse); Jer 33:11 (‎הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎), vJer 33:26; Lam 2:14 (subject prophet), Ezek 16:53a,c,d (on text see above), Ezek 39:25; Amos 9:14; Joel 4:1*; Ps 14:7 = Ps 53:7*; Ps 85:2*; Ps 126:1 (see above), vPs 53:4*.
b. of other nations Jer 48:47 (compare vJer 48:46), Jer 49:6; Jer 49:39; Ezek 29:14 (compare vEzek 29:13).
c. apparently in more gen, sense,restore fortunes of Sodom Ezek 16:53 (Krae, compare following).
d. restore fortunes of individuals, Job 42:10.

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