αἰχμάλωτος
aichmálōtos · G164 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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captive, prisoner of war
One who has been taken captive in war
ExamplesLuke 4:18 “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 1
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In the other Testament 2 words
- שְׁבִי shᵉbîy · H7628 · taking captive, carrying off, captive
- Greek αἰχμάλωτος and Hebrew שְׁבִי both denote captives or prisoners taken in warfare, with αἰχμάλωτος specifically emphasizing the prisoner-of-war status and שְׁבִי encompassing both the captives themselves and the abstract state of captivity.
- גָּלָה gâlâh · H1540 · to reveal
- αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos, G164) denotes the state of being a captive/prisoner of war, while גָּלָה (gâlâh, H1540) is the verbal action of taking into captivity or sending into exile; the Greek noun regularly renders contexts where the Hebrew verb describes the act of captivity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Captive, prisoner of war55.25
- In Luke 4:18, Jesus reads that He was sent “to proclaim release to captives (aichmalótois),” where the word names those held as prisoners, here applied to His mission of liberation.
Word family 28 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (from αἰχμή, a spear and ἁλωτός, verbal adjective from ἁλῶναι, properly, taken by the…
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
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