Lexical Definition

‎שְׁבִי‎ shᵉbîy (sheb-ee') captivity ^H:N-M
from ‎שְׁבוּ‎

captive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.

• exiled
• captured
• as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
• by extension, booty

n m
1) captivity, captives
1a) (state of) captivity
1b) (act of) capture
1c) captives
n f
2) captive

See Greek: αἰχμαλωσία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁבִי‎ noun masculine^{Isa 49:24} captivity, captives (collective); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Exod 12:29 +, construct Ezra 2:1 +; ‎שֶׁ֑בִי‎ Num 21:1 +; suffix ‎שֶׁבְיְךָ‎ Judg 5:12, ‎שִׁבְיוֺ‎ Deut 21:10, ‎שְׁבִיכֶם‎ Num 31:19, etc.; —

1. = state of captivity, ‎׳‎‎הָלַךְ בַּשְּׁ‎ Amos 9:4; Deut 28:41; Nah 3:10; Jer 20:6; Jer 22:22; Jer 30:16; Ezek 12:11 (+ ‎בַּגּוֺלָה‎) Ezek 30:17; Ezek 30:18; Isa 46:2; Lam 1:18, = ‎הָלַךְ שְׁבִי‎ vLam 1:5 ‎בַּשְּׁבִי יָבִא‎ Dan 11:8 ‎׳‎‎נָתַן בַּשְּׁ‎ Ezra 9:7, ‎׳‎‎נָתַן לַשְּׁ‎ Ps 78:61, ‎לֻקַּח בַּשֶּׁ֑בִי‎ Jer 48:46‎וַאֲשֶׁר לַשְּׁבִי לַשֶּׁ֑בִי‎ Jer 15:2; Jer 43:11, ‎׳‎‎וְנָשֵׁינוּ בַּשְּׁ‎ 2Chr 29:9 ‎בִּשְׁבִי‎ instrument of judgment Dan 11:33 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ שׁ‎ Jer 30:10; Jer 46:27; 2Chr 6:37; 2Chr 6:38 phrase of deliverance (only Ezra Nehemiah): ‎׳‎‎נִשְׁאֲרוּ מִןהַֿשְּׁ‎ Neh 1:2, cf .Neh 1:3, ‎׳‎‎הַשָּׁבִים מִןהַֿשְּׁ‎ Neh 8:17, ‎הָעֹלִים מִשְּׁבִי הַגּוֺלָה‎ Ezra 2:1 = Neh 7:6, ‎׳‎‎הַבָּאִים מֵהַשְּׁ‎ Ezra 3:8; Ezra 8:35.

2. act of capture, ‎סוּסֵיכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎עִם שׁ‎ Amos 4:10 ‎שִׁמְלַת שִׁבְיָהּ‎ Deut 21:13 i. e. garb in which she was captured (> others captivity, in both: Amos 4:10 = your captive horses; Deut 21:13 he captive's garb). 3 = captives (coll): Exod 12:29 (J), Num 31:12; Num 31:19; Num 31:26 (man and beast), Isa 20:4 (|| ‎גָּלוּת‎ Isa 49:24; Isa 49:25; Hab 1:9 + Ezek 32:9 ᵐ5 and others (see ‎שֶׁבֶר‎ near the end); apparently feminine singular Isa 52:2 (but see ‎שָׁבִי‎); object of ‎שָׁבָה‎ (q. v.) Judg 5:12 (> ‎שֹׁבֶיךָ‎ ᵑ6 JDMich We Bu Now), Num 21:1 (JE), Deut 21:10; Ps 68:19*; 2Chr 28:17.

‎שָׁבִי‎ adjective or noun masculine whence] ‎שְׁבִיָּה‎ noun feminine captive (compare Rahlfs^{‎עני‎ u. ‎ענר‎ in Ps 63}); — ‎בַּתצִֿיּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 52:2b (Bev^{JPhII. xcii (1888) p.127 ingeniously}, ‎שְׁבִי הַבַּת‎, ‎׳‎‎וגו‎ compare || ‎שְׁבִי‎, v^{a and, on {abbrev}}‎הַבּ‎, Lam 2:13 read also ‎יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ v^a (for ‎שְׁבִי‎) Oort Bu Du Che^HParticiple Marti.

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