Greek noun (feminine) · G161
αἰχμαλωσία
aichmalosiaaheekh-mal-o-see'-ah
captivity
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aichmalōsía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G161is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G161
captivity
The King James renders it: captivity.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aichmalosia is rendered "captivity". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ephesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
The first use
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
Ephesians 4:8αἰχμαλωσίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- captivity3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| αἰχμαλωτίζω | aichmalotizo | to capture | Uses4 |
| αἰχμάλωτος | aichmalotos | captive | Uses1 |
| αἰχμαλωτεύω | aichmaloteuo | to take captive | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- αἰχμαλωσίαν3
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
Ephesians
one use
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
- αἰχμαλωσίανaichmalosiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: captivity
Revelation
two uses
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
- αἰχμαλωσίανaichmalosiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: captivity
- αἰχμαλωσίανaichmalosiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: captivity
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.