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Strong's #161 - αἰχμαλωσία

Transliteration

aichmalōsía

Phonetics

aheekh-mal-o-see'-ah

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G164)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

1:195,31

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

captivity

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1473 ‑ גֹּלָה (go‑law', go‑law'); 4908 ‑ מִשְׁכָּן (mish‑kawn'); 7622 ‑ שְׁבִית (sheb‑ooth', sheb‑eeth'); 7628 ‑ שְׁבִי (sheb‑ee'); 7655 ‑ שְׁבַע (shib‑aw'); 7667 ‑ שֵׁבֶר (sheh'‑ber, shay'‑ber);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

NAS (4)

Ephesians 2

Revelation 2

HCS (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

BSB (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

ESV (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

WEB (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

KJV (3)

captive 1

captivity 2

NAS (4)

CAPTIVES 1

HOST 1

captivity 2

HCS (3)

captivity 3

BSB (3)

captives away 1

captivity 2

ESV (3)

captives 1

captivity 1

taken captive 1

WEB (3)

captivity 2

into captivity 1

RAH

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 18

N-GSF 34

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 3

BEZ

N-ASF 3

BGB

N-AFS 3

BMT

N-ASF 2

BYZ

N-ASF 2

ELZ

N-ASF 3

NA26

N-ASF 3

SBL

N-ASF 3

SCV

N-ASF 3

STV

N-ASF 3

TIS

N-ASF 3

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

αἰχμᾰλ-ωσία, ἡ,

I captivity, D.S. 20.61, LXX Amos 1:15, al., Plu. Them. 31.

II body of captives, D.S. 17.70, LXX Numbers 31:12,al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

αἰχμαλωσία, (ας, ἡ (αἰχμάλωτος, which see), captivity: Revelation 13:10; abstr, for concr, equivalent to αἰχμάλωτοι (cf. ἀδελφότης above), Ephesians 4:8 (from Psalm 67:19 () (cf. Buttmann, 148 (129); Winer's Grammar, 225 (211)); also εἰ τίς αἰχμαλωσίαν συνάγει (according to the common but doubtless corrupt text), Revelation 13:10 (as in Numbers 31:12, etc.). (Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† αἰχμαλωσία , -ας , ἡ

(<αἰχμάλωτος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7628, H1473;]

captivity (Diod., al.): Revelation 13:10; pl., abstr. for concr., = αἰχμά -λωτοι , Ephesians 4:8 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αιχμαλωσία αιχμαλωσιαν αιχμαλωσίαν αἰχμαλωσίαν αιχμαλωσίας aichmalosian aichmalosían aichmalōsian aichmalōsían