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captive, captivity

Definition

The terms "captive" and "captivity" refer to capturing someone and holding him as a prisoner against his will. Usually this is in the context of an army taking their enemies captive.

  • The Israelites from the kingdom of Judah were taken into captivity by the Babylonian army and kept captive in the kingdom of Babylonia for 70 years. *God often allowed Israel to be held captive by an enemy as punishment for their rebellion against him.

  • The idiom "be taken captive" or "to take captive" is another way of talking about capturing someone.

  • In a figurative sense, the apostle Paul tells Christians to "take captive" every thought and make it obedient to Christ.

  • He also talks about how a person can be "taken captive" by sin, which means he is "controlled by" sin.

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