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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1473

גּוֹלָה

golahgo-law'

captivity

43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gôwlâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1473is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1473

exile; concretely and collectively exiles

The King James renders it: (carried away), captive(-ity), removing.

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

golah is rendered "captivity". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 24:14He 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.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

He 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.

2 Kings 24:14גּוֹלֶ֔ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's forty-three uses are in Ezra.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the exile25
  • exile8
  • in the exile7
  • and in the exile1
  • from the exile1
  • to the exile1

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.

גּוֹיgoynationUses561
גּוֹרָלgoralallottedUses78
גּוֹבgoblocustUses3
גּוֹרgorwhelpUses2
גּוֹזָלgozalyoung birdUses2

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 spellings 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

  • הַגּוֹלָ֔ה8
  • הַגּוֹלָה֙3
  • בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה2
  • בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃2
  • גוֹלָה֙2
  • הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔ה2
  • הַגּוֹלָ֖ה2
  • הַגּוֹלָ֜ה2
  • הַגּוֹלָ֑ה2
  • הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ ס2
  • בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה1
  • בַּגּוֹלָ֥ה1

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular25HTd/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular8HRd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular7HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HC/Rd/Ncfsa
  • preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HR/Td/Ncfsa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa

2 Kings

three uses
  • He 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.

    2 Kings 24:14

    • גּוֹלֶ֔הgolehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: exile
  • Nebuchadnezzar 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.

    2 Kings 24:15

    • גּוֹלָ֥הgolahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
  • The 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.

    2 Kings 24:16

    • גּוֹלָ֖הgolahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile

1 Chronicles

one use
  • and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.

    1 Chronicles 5:22

    • הַגֹּלָֽה׃ פhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile

Ezra

twelve uses
  • In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

    Ezra 1:11

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Now 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,

    Ezra 2:1

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

    Ezra 4:1

    • הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

    Ezra 6:19

    • הַגּוֹלָ֖הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • All 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.

    Ezra 6:20

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • The 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.

    Ezra 6:21

    • מֵֽהַגּוֹלָ֔הmehagolahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: from the exile
  • Then 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.

    Ezra 8:35

    • הַגּוֹלָ֜הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Then 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.

    Ezra 9:4

    • הַגּוֹלָ֑הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Then 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.

    Ezra 10:6

    • הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ סhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

    Ezra 10:7

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Whoever 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.

    Ezra 10:8

    • הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ סhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • So 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,

    Ezra 10:16

    • הַגּוֹלָה֒hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile

Nehemiah

one use
  • 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,

    Nehemiah 7:6

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile

Esther

one use
  • He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

    Esther 2:6

    • הַגֹּלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile

Jeremiah

ten uses
  • “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.

    Jeremiah 28:6

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • This 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.

    Jeremiah 29:1

    • הַגּוֹלָ֗הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

    Jeremiah 29:4

    • הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • this 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—

    Jeremiah 29:16

    • בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃bagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile
  • So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 29:20

    • הַ֨גּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • “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,

    Jeremiah 29:31

    • הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

    Jeremiah 46:19

    • גוֹלָה֙golahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
  • Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

    Jeremiah 48:7

    • בַּגּוֹלָ֔הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile
  • Moab 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.

    Jeremiah 48:11

    • וּבַגּוֹלָ֖הuvagolahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in the exile
  • Wail, 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.

    Jeremiah 49:3

    • בַּגּוֹלָ֣הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile

Ezekiel

eleven uses
  • In 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.

    Ezekiel 1:1

    • הַגּוֹלָ֖הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Go 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.”

    Ezekiel 3:11

    • הַגּוֹלָה֙hagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • I 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.

    Ezekiel 3:15

    • הַגּוֹלָ֜הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • And 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,

    Ezekiel 11:24

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.

    Ezekiel 11:25

    • הַגּוֹלָ֑הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • Therefore, 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.

    Ezekiel 12:3

    • גוֹלָ֔הgolahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
  • Bring 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.

    Ezekiel 12:4

    • גוֹלָ֛הgolahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
    • גּוֹלָֽה׃golahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
  • So 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.

    Ezekiel 12:7

    • גוֹלָה֙golahnoun · feminine singulartagged: exile
  • You 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.

    Ezekiel 12:11

    • בַּגּוֹלָ֥הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile
  • Tell 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,

    Ezekiel 25:3

    • בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃bagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile

Amos

one use
  • Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

    Amos 1:15

    • בַּגּוֹלָ֑הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile

Nahum

one use
  • Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

    Nahum 3:10

    • לַגֹּלָה֙lagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the exile

Zechariah

two uses
  • “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.

    Zechariah 6:10

    • הַגּוֹלָ֔הhagolahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the exile
  • For 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.

    Zechariah 14:2

    • בַּגּוֹלָ֔הbagolahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the exile

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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