αἰχμαλωσία
aichmalōsía · G161 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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captivity
The state of being taken as a prisoner of war and kept a captive
ExamplesEphesians 4:8 Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE THE CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO PEOPLE.”
Revelation 13:10 If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αἰχμαλωτεύωto make captive 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 3
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In the other Testament 5 words
- שְׁבִי shᵉbîy · H7628 · taking captive, carrying off, captive
- Hebrew שְׁבִי denotes the state of captivity or captives taken in war, directly corresponding to Greek αἰχμαλωσία which likewise denotes captivity or prisoners of war; both terms share the same core semantic domain of enforced detention/exile resulting from military conquest.
- שְׁבוּת shᵉbûwth · H7622 · captivity, to restore the fortunes (of someone)
- Hebrew שְׁבוּת (shᵉbûwth, H7622) and Greek αἰχμαλωσία (aichmalōsía, G161) are direct cross-linguistic translation equivalents both denoting captivity or the state of being held captive, with the Hebrew term serving as the consistent lexical source for the Greek rendering in LXX contexts describing exile, deportation, and prisoner-of-war status.
- גּוֹלָה gôwlâh · H1473 · exile, captivity, exiles
- Greek term for the state of captivity or exile, semantically equivalent to the Hebrew term denoting those carried away into exile or the condition of exile itself.
- גָּלוּת gâlûwth · H1546 · exile, captivity, exiles
- Greek αἰχμαλωσία denotes the state or condition of captivity (especially as a war-related outcome), while Hebrew גָּלוּת emphasizes the displacement aspect of exile/deportation and the collective body of exiles themselves; both terms overlap substantially in captivity/exile contexts in biblical translation.
- שִׁבְיָה shibyâh · H7633 · captive, captivity
- Hebrew שִׁבְיָה denotes the state or condition of captivity and the collective body of captives, directly paralleling Greek αἰχμαλωσία in both concrete (exile population) and abstract (state of being captive) senses.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Captivity55.23
- In Revelation 13:10, it is written, “If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes,” where aichmalōsía names the abstract state or destiny of being held captive.
Word family 28 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ας, ἡ (αἰχμάλωτος, which see), captivity: Rev 13:10; abstr, for concr, equivalent to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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