Word Study · Strong's H1473 · Hebrew
גּוֹלָה
golah
go-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gôwlâh
“exile”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
exile; concretely and collectively exiles
Rendered in the KJV as
(carried away), captive(-ity), removing.
- 43occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 43 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- הַגּוֹלָ֔ה8
- הַגּוֹלָה֙3
- בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה2
- בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃2
- גוֹלָה֙2
- הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔ה2
- הַגּוֹלָ֖ה2
- הַגּוֹלָ֜ה2
- הַגּוֹלָ֑ה2
- הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ ס2
- בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה1
- בַּגּוֹלָ֥ה1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- the exile[s]17
- the exile8
- in the exile7
- exile5
- exile[s]3
- and in the exile1
- from the exile1
- to the exile1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular25
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular8
- noun · feminine singular7
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 25
- HRd/Ncfsa · 8
- HNcfsa · 7
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 1
- HR/Td/Ncfsa · 1
- HVqrmsa · 1
All 43, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezra12 of 43 · 28%
- Ezekiel11 of 43 · 26%
- Jeremiah10 of 43 · 23%
- 2 Kings3 of 43 · 7%
- Zechariah2 of 43 · 5%
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2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 24:14גּוֹלֶ֔הgolehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.here: exile[s]
- 2 Kings 24:15גּוֹלָ֥הgolahnoun · feminine singularNebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.here: exile[s]
- 2 Kings 24:16גּוֹלָ֖הgolahnoun · feminine singularThe king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.here: exile[s]
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Ezra12 occurrences
- Ezra 1:11הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.here: the exile[s]
- Ezra 2:1הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,here: the exile
- Ezra 4:1הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,here: the exile
- Ezra 6:19הַגּוֹלָ֖הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.here: the exile
- Ezra 6:20הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAll the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.here: the exile
- Ezra 6:21מֵֽהַגּוֹלָ֔הmehagolahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.here: from the exile
- Ezra 8:35הַגּוֹלָ֜הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.here: the exile
- Ezra 9:4הַגּוֹלָ֑הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.here: the exile[s]
- Ezra 10:6הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ סhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.here: the exile[s]
- Ezra 10:7הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.here: the exile
- Ezra 10:8הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ סhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.here: the exile[s]
- Ezra 10:16הַגּוֹלָה֒hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,here: the exile
Jeremiah10 occurrences
- Jeremiah 28:6הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.here: the exile[s]
- Jeremiah 29:1הַגּוֹלָ֗הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThis is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.here: the exile[s]
- Jeremiah 29:4הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:here: the exile[s]
- Jeremiah 29:16בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃bagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularthis is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—here: in the exile
- Jeremiah 29:20הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.here: the exile[s]
- Jeremiah 29:31הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,here: the exile[s]
- Jeremiah 46:19גוֹלָה֙golahnoun · feminine singularPack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.here: exile
- Jeremiah 48:7בַּגּוֹלָ֔הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularBecause you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.here: in the exile
- Jeremiah 48:11וּבַגּוֹלָ֖הuvagolahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularMoab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.here: and in the exile
- Jeremiah 49:3בַּגּוֹלָ֣הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularWail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.here: in the exile
Ezekiel11 occurrences
- Ezekiel 1:1הַגּוֹלָ֖הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.here: the exile[s]
- Ezekiel 3:11הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularGo to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”here: the exile[s]
- Ezekiel 3:15הַגּוֹלָ֜הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularI came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.here: the exile[s]
- Ezekiel 11:24הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,here: the exile[s]
- Ezekiel 11:25הַגּוֹלָ֑הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularI told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.here: the exile[s]
- Ezekiel 12:3גוֹלָ֔הgolahnoun · feminine singularTherefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.here: exile
- Ezekiel 12:4גוֹלָ֛הgolahnoun · feminine singularBring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.here: exile
- Ezekiel 12:4גּוֹלָֽה׃golahnoun · feminine singularBring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.here: exile
- Ezekiel 12:7גוֹלָה֙golahnoun · feminine singularSo I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.here: exile
- Ezekiel 12:11בַּגּוֹלָ֥הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularYou are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.here: in the exile
- Ezekiel 25:3בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃bagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularTell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,here: in the exile
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 6:10הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.here: the exile[s]
- Zechariah 14:2בַּגּוֹלָ֔הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularFor I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.here: in the exile