Strong's Lexicon

H1546

H1546 — גָּלוּת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgaluwthnoun femOccurrences: 15TWOT: 2656a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1546
Word:גָּלוּת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine from H1540
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:galuwth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-looth'
Meaning:1. captivity 2. (collectively,concretely) exiles
KJV Renderings:(they that are carried away) captives(-ity).

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BDB1638

גָּלוּת noun feminine exileIsa 20:4 + 9 t.; גָּלֻת Obad 1:20 (twice in verse); suffix גָּלוּתִי Isa 45:13, גָּלוּתֵינוּ Ezek 33:21; Ezek 40:1 (Qames unchangeable); —

1. absolute exile, 2Kgs 25:27; Jer 52:31; Ezek 1:2; Ezek 33:21; Ezek 40:1; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Obad 1:20 (twice in verse).
2. collective exiles, גלות כושׁ Isa 20:4, גלות יהודה Jer 24:5; Jer 28:4; Jer 29:22; Jer 40:1, גלותי ישׁלח he shall let my exiles (Yahweh's) go free Isa 45:13 see LagArm. Stud. § 445.
Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9 compare Obad 20 (twice in verse) and Jer 13:19 (ᵐ5 Du Co and others).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גלות (gah-looth’)

Isaiah 20:4

KJV: So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egyptshame: Heb. nakedness
EHCC: the Damobiens options .- .

Isaiah 45:13

KJV: I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.direct: or, make straight
EHCC: and he shall let go my captives,

Jeremiah 24:5

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.them…: Heb. the captivity
EHCC: them that are curried uway captive of

Jeremiah 28:4

KJV: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.captives: Heb. captivity
EHCC: with all the captives of Tea, (marg.

Jeremiah 29:22

KJV: And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
EHCC: curse by all the captivity of

Jeremiah 40:11

KJV: Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
EHCC: ם.1 that were curried away captive of

Jeremiah 52:31

KJV: And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
EHCC: thirtieth year of the capttoity of Jehoiachin

Ezekiel 1:6

KJV: And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
EHCC: װמת\װוֹ ing Jehoiachin’s captivity,

Ezekiel 40:1

KJV: In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
EHCC: twentieth year of our captivity,

Amos 1:6

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:away captive…: or, them away with an entire
EHCC: carried away captive the whole captivity,
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