גּוֹלָהgôwlâh
exiles, exile
Pronunciation: go-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1473
Meanings
1. exiles, collective (Esther 2:6; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezekiel 1:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 24:14 King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.
- 2 Kings 24:15 Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem’s elite.
- 2 Kings 24:16 He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22 Many of the Hagrites were killed in the battle because God was fighting against them. The people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh lived in their land until they were taken into exile.
- Ezra 1:11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:1 Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
See every passage
- 2 Kings 24:14, 24:15, 24:16
- 1 Chronicles 5:22
- Ezra 1:11, 2:1, 4:1, 6:19, 6:20, 6:21, 8:35, 9:4, 10:6, 10:7, 10:8, 10:16
- Nehemiah 7:6
- Esther 2:6
- Jeremiah 28:6, 29:1, 29:4, 29:16, 29:20, 29:31, 46:19, 48:7, 48:11, 49:3
- Ezekiel 1:1, 3:11, 3:15, 11:24, 11:25, 12:3, 12:4, 12:7, 12:11, 25:3
- Amos 1:15
- Nahum 3:10
- Zechariah 6:10, 14:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).