גָּלוּת
gâlûwth · H1547 · Aramaic · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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exile, captivity
Causative action by which a group of people is forced to leave their country to settle somewhere else for an indefinite amount of time
ExamplesDaniel 5:13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king began speaking and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןchild 4
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Near synonyms 2 words
- שְׁבִי shᵉbîy · H7628 · taking captive, carrying off, captive
- Distinct Hebrew noun denoting captivity or the state of being taken captive; semantically overlaps with גָּלוּת but derives from a different root (שָׁבָה) and can emphasize the act of capture or the captives themselves.
- שִׁבְיָה shibyâh · H7633 · captive, captivity
- Feminine noun from the root שָׁבָה meaning captivity or captive status; distinct from גָּלוּת but interchangeable in contexts describing the condition of being held captive.
In the other Testament 2 words
- αἰχμαλωσία aichmalōsía · G161 · captivity
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for the Hebrew concept of captivity/exile; both terms denote the state or condition of being taken captive and held in bondage or exile.
- μετοικεσία metoikesía · G3350 · deportation
- Greek term specifically for forced deportation or removal to another land, closely matching the exile/captivity sense of גָּלוּת; used particularly of the Babylonian exile.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- Daniel 5:13 recounts that the king asked Daniel, “are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?”
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1547. galuth or galu [גָּלוּ K§ 61. 4] noun feminine exile; — emphatic גָלוּתָא בְּגֵי…
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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