What does גּוֹלָה · μετοικεσία mean in the Bible?
גּוֹלָה · μετοικεσία is a Hebrew phrase meaning "those who have been deported or carried into captivity".
Hebrew · H1473, G3350
גּוֹלָה
Exile ; concretely and collectively exiles · deportation
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גּוֹלָה H1473 exile ; concretely and collectively exiles
Pronunciation gwōlāh
Displacement from homeland with corporate identity; collective exilic community bearing covenantal consequences
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μετοικεσία G3350 deportation
Pronunciation metoikesía
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What does גּוֹלָה (golah) mean in the Bible?
גּוֹלָה · μετοικεσία is a Hebrew phrase meaning "those who have been deported or carried into captivity".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1473, G3350?
H1473, G3350 is connected to 43 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. those who have been deported or carried into captivity
Source Gloss
those who have been deported or carried into captivity
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 8
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Participle active 2Kgs 24:14 1×
Word Origins
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain