Hebrew word · H7870

שִׁיבָה

shivat

captivity

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

restoration

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Psalms · 1

  1. Psalm 126:1 שִׁיבַ֣ת [the] restoration of

    A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

    Here: A noun built from the same root as the verb: literally 'the turning of' Zion. Together with the verb it makes a set phrase, 'to turn the turning', meaning to reverse someone's condition and restore their fortunes. It does not specifically mean prisoners.

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