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# captive, captivity #
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## Definition: ##
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The terms "captive" and "captivity" refer to capturing people and forcing them to live somewhere they do not want to live, such as in a foreign country.
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* The Israelites from the kingdom of Judah were held captive in the kingdom of Babylonia for 70 years.
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* Captives are often required to work for the people or nation that captured them.
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* Daniel and Nehemiah were Israelite captives who worked for the Babylonian king.
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* The expression "to take captive" is another way of talking about capturing someone.
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* The expression, "carry you away captive" could also be translated as, "force you to live as captives" or "take you away to another country as prisoners."
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* In a figurative sense, the apostle Paul tells Christians to "take captive" every thought and make it obedient to Christ.
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* He also talks about how a person can be "taken captive" by sin, which means he is "controlled by" sin.
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## Translation Suggestions #
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* Depending on the context, to be "held captive" could also be translated by, "not allowed to be free" or "kept in prison" or "forced to live in a foreign country."
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* The expression, "led captive" or "taken captive" could be translated as, "captured" or "imprisoned" or "forced to go to a foreign land."
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* The term "captives" could also be translated as, "people who were captured" or "enslaved people."
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* Depending on the context, "captivity" could also be translated as, "imprisonment" or "exile" or "forced stay in a foreign country."
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(See also: [Babylon](../other/babylon.md), [exile](../other/exile.md), [prison](../other/prison.md), [seize](../other/seize.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [2 Corinthians 10:5-6](rc://en/tn/help/2co/10/05)
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* [Isaiah 20:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/isa/20/03)
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* [Jeremiah 43:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/jer/43/01)
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* [Luke 04:18-19](rc://en/tn/help/luk/04/18)
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## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H1123, H1473, H1540, H1546, H1547, H2925, H6808, H7617, H7622, H7628, H7633, H7870, G161, G162, G163, G164, G2221
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