Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Captivity’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Captivity’ occurs 84 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, Moab! You are perishing, O people of Chemosh. He gave flight to his sons, and he gave the daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.Numbers 21:29
Number of the word / term Captivity in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:41 You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity.Deuteronomy 28:41
Deuteronomy 30:3 then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.Deuteronomy 30:3
Number of the word / term Captivity in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Judges
Judges 18:30 And they established for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, with his sons, were priests in the tribe of Dan, even until the day of their captivity.Judges 18:30
Number of the word / term Captivity in Judges: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:47 and if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,’1 Kings 8:47
Number of the word / term Captivity in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 24:14 And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.2 Kings 24:14
2 Kings 24:15 Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,2 Kings 24:15
Number of the word / term Captivity in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 6:37 and if, having been converted in their heart in the land to which they had been led as captives, they will do penance, and beseech you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted unjustly,’2 Chronicles 6:37
2 Chronicles 6:38 and if they will have returned to you, with their whole heart and with their whole soul, in the land of their captivity to which they were led away, and if they will adore you in the direction of their own land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the house, which I have built to your name,2 Chronicles 6:38
Number of the word / term Captivity in 2 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 2:1 Now these are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had transferred to Babylon, and who were returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his own city.Ezra 2:1
Ezra 3:8 Then, in the second year of their advent to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the remainder of their brothers, the priests, and the Levites, and all who had arrived from the captivity to Jerusalem, began, and they appointed Levites, from twenty years and over, to hasten the work of the Lord.Ezra 3:8
Ezra 4:1 Now the enemies of Judah and of Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.Ezra 4:1
Ezra 8:35 Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.Ezra 8:35
Ezra 9:4 Then all those who feared the word of the God of Israel gathered to me, because of the transgression of those who had arrived from the captivity. And I sat in sorrow, until the evening sacrifice.Ezra 9:4
Ezra 9:7 from the days of our fathers. But also, we ourselves have sinned gravely, even to this day. And for our iniquities, we ourselves, and our kings and our priests, have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, just as it is also in this day.Ezra 9:7
Ezra 10:6 And Ezra rose up before the house of God, and he went away to the chamber of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib, and he entered into it. He did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. For he was mourning the transgression of those who had arrived from the captivity.Ezra 10:6
Number of the word / term Captivity in Ezra: 7
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:2 And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.Nehemiah 1:2
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”Nehemiah 1:3
Nehemiah 4:4 Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity.Nehemiah 4:4
Nehemiah 7:6 These are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity of the transmigration, those whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had taken away, and who returned into Jerusalem and Judea, each one to his own city.Nehemiah 7:6
Nehemiah 8:17 Therefore, the entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made tabernacles and lived in tabernacles. For from the days of Jeshua, the son of Nun, even to that day, the sons of Israel had not done so. And there was exceedingly great rejoicing.Nehemiah 8:17
Number of the word / term Captivity in Nehemiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Job
Job 36:8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,Job 36:8
Number of the word / term Captivity in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 14:7 Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.Psalm 14:7
Psalm 53:6 Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.Psalm 53:6
Psalm 65:1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile. O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.Psalm 65:1
Psalm 68:18 You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.Psalm 68:18
Psalm 78:61 And he delivered their virtue into captivity, and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.Psalm 78:61
Psalm 85:1 Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. O Lord, you have blessed your land. You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob.Psalm 85:1
Psalm 96:1 A Canticle of David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth.Psalm 96:1
Psalm 126:1 A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.Psalm 126:1
Psalm 126:4 Convert our captivity, O Lord, like a torrent in the south.Psalm 126:4
Psalm 137:3 For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”Psalm 137:3
Number of the word / term Captivity in Psalm: 10
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 20:4 so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.Isaiah 20:4
Isaiah 23:13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: never before was there such a people! Assur founded it. They have led away its strong ones into captivity. They have dug under its houses. They have left it in ruins.Isaiah 23:13
Isaiah 46:2 They have been melted down, or have been smashed together. They were not able to save the one who carried them, and their life will go into captivity.Isaiah 46:2
Number of the word / term Captivity in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 13:19 The cities of the south have been closed, and there is no one who may open them. All of Judah has been taken away into complete captivity.Jeremiah 13:19
Jeremiah 15:2 And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.Jeremiah 15:2
Jeremiah 20:6 But you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house, will go into captivity. And you will go to Babylon. And there you shall die. And there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied a lie.”Jeremiah 20:6
Jeremiah 22:22 The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found by you, says the Lord. And I will lead you back from your captivity. And I will gather you from all the nations and all the places, to which I have expelled you, says the Lord. And I will return you from the place to which I sent you into captivity.Jeremiah 29:14
Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore, O my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, says the Lord, and you should not be frightened, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far away land, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he shall flow with every good thing. And there will be no one for him to dread.Jeremiah 30:10
Jeremiah 30:16 Because of this, all those who devour you, will be devoured. And all your enemies will be led into captivity. And those who devastate you, will be devastated. And all those who prey upon you, I will offer as a prey.Jeremiah 30:16
Jeremiah 31:18 Listening, I heard Ephraim going into captivity: ‘You have chastised me, and I was instructed, like a young untamed bull. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For you are the Lord my God.Jeremiah 31:18
Jeremiah 31:23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Still they will speak this word in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I will convert their captivity: ‘May the Lord bless you, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.’Jeremiah 31:23
Jeremiah 32:44 Fields will be bought for money, and deeds will be written and signed, and witnesses will be summoned, in the land of Benjamin and all around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, and in the cities on the mountains, and in the cities on the plains, and in the cities that are toward the south. For I will convert their captivity, says the Lord.”Jeremiah 32:44
Jeremiah 43:11 And he will come and strike the land of Egypt: those who are meant for death, shall go to death, and those for captivity, to captivity, and those for the sword, to the sword.Jeremiah 43:11
Jeremiah 46:27 And as for you, my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, and you should not dread, O Israel. For behold, I will bring your salvation from afar, and your offspring from the land of your captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he will prosper. And there will be no one who may terrify him.Jeremiah 46:27
Jeremiah 48:7 For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.Jeremiah 48:7
Jeremiah 48:46 Woe to you, O Moab! You have been ruined, O people of Chemosh! For your sons and your daughters have been taken into captivity.Jeremiah 48:46
Jeremiah 48:47 But I will convert the captivity of Moab in the last days, says the Lord.” Such are the judgments of Moab thus far.Jeremiah 48:47
Jeremiah 50:46 At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”Jeremiah 50:46
Number of the word / term Captivity in Jeremiah: 16
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
Lamentations 1:5 HE. Her enemies have been made her leaders; her adversaries have been enriched. For the Lord has spoken against her, because of the multitude of her iniquities. Her little ones have been led into captivity before the face of the tribulator.Lamentations 1:5
Lamentations 1:18 SADE. The Lord is just, for it is I who has provoked his mouth to wrath. I beg all people to listen and to see my sorrow. My virgins and my youths have gone into captivity.Lamentations 1:18
Lamentations 4:22 THAU. Your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion. He will no longer send you away to captivity. He has visited your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he has uncovered your sins.Lamentations 4:22
Number of the word / term Captivity in Lamentations: 4
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 25:3 And you shall say to the sons of Ammon: Listen to the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God: Because you have said, ‘Well, well!’ over my sanctuary, when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel, when it was desolated, and over the house of Judah, when they were led into captivity,Ezekiel 25:3
Ezekiel 29:14 And I will lead back the captivity of Egypt, and I will collect them in the land of Pathros, in the land of their nativity. And in that place, they will be a lowly kingdom.Ezekiel 29:14
Ezekiel 30:17 The young men of Heliopolis and Pibeseth will fall by the sword, and the young women will be led into captivity.Ezekiel 30:17
Ezekiel 30:18 And in Tahpanhes, the day will grow black, when, in that place, I will break the scepters of Egypt. And the arrogance of her authority will fail within her; a gloom will cover her. Then her daughters will be led into captivity.Ezekiel 30:18
Ezekiel 39:25 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Now I will lead back the captivity of Jacob, and I will take pity upon the entire house of Israel. And I will act with zeal on behalf of my holy name.Ezekiel 39:25
Number of the word / term Captivity in Ezekiel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 5:13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king spoke to him, saying, “Are you Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom my father the king led out of Judea?Daniel 5:13
Daniel 6:13 Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, is not concerned about your law, nor about the decree that you have established, but three times a day he prays his supplication.”Daniel 6:13
Daniel 11:33 And the teachers among the people will teach many, but they will be ruined by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by assaults for many days.Daniel 11:33
Number of the word / term Captivity in Daniel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 6:11 But you, Judah, set a harvest for yourself, while I reverse the captivity of my people.Hosea 6:11
Number of the word / term Captivity in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Joel
Joel 3:1 For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,Joel 3:1
Number of the word / term Captivity in Joel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Amos
Amos 1:6 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Gaza, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have carried out an excellent captivity, so as to enclose them in Idumea.Amos 1:6
Amos 1:9 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Tyre, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have completed an excellent captivity in Idumea and have not considered the bond among brothers.Amos 1:9
Amos 1:15 And Melchom will go into captivity, he and his leaders together, says the Lord.Amos 1:15
Amos 4:10 I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.Amos 4:10
Amos 5:5 But do not be willing to seek Bethel, and do not be willing to enter Gilgal, and you will not cross into Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will be led into captivity, and Bethel will be useless.Amos 5:5
Amos 5:27 And I will cause you to go into captivity across Damascus, says the Lord. The God of hosts is his name.Amos 5:27
Amos 6:7 Because of this, now they will depart at the head of those who go into captivity; and the faction of the lustful will be removed.Amos 6:7
Amos 7:17 Because of that, the Lord says this: “Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land.”Amos 7:17
Amos 9:4 And if they go into captivity in the sight of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. And I will set my eyes over them for harm and not for good.”Amos 9:4
Amos 9:14 And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel. And they will rebuild the deserted cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. And they will create gardens and eat their fruits.Amos 9:14
Number of the word / term Captivity in Amos: 10
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:16 Become bald and shaved for your delicate sons. Increase your baldness like the eagle. For they have been carried into captivity from you.Micah 1:16
Number of the word / term Captivity in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 3:10 Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles.Nahum 3:10
Number of the word / term Captivity in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Zephaniah
Zephaniah 2:7 And it will be the line of him who will remain from the house of Judah. There they will pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will rest towards evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and he will turn away their captivity.Zephaniah 2:7
Zephaniah 3:20 in that time, when I will lead to you, and in the time when I will gather for you. For I will deliver you into renown and into praise, among all the peoples of the earth, when I will have converted your captivity before your very eyes, says the Lord.Zephaniah 3:20
Number of the word / term Captivity in Zephaniah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 6:10 From those of the captivity, take from Heldai, and from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah. You will approach in that day, and you will go into the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, who came from Babylon.Zechariah 6:10
Zechariah 14:2 And I will gather all the Gentiles in battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, and the houses will be ravaged, and the women will be violated. And the central part of the city will go forth into captivity, and the remainder of the people will not be taken away from the city.Zechariah 14:2
Number of the word / term Captivity in Zechariah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 10:5 and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,2 Corinthians 10:5
Number of the word / term Captivity in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 4:8 Because of this, he says: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.”Ephesians 4:8
Number of the word / term Captivity in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Captivity’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 13:10 Whoever will be led into captivity, into captivity he goes. Whoever will kill with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the patient endurance and faith of the Saints.Revelation 13:10
Number of the word / term ‘Captivity’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 84
