CAPTIVE

Captive. Captive
One taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5; 39:9, 10; 40:7).

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CAPTIVE. → Prisoner of war Ge 14:12; 1Sa 30:1,2 → Cruelty to
* Putting to death Nu 31:9-20; De 20:13; 21:10; Jos 8:29; 10:15-40; 11:11; Jud 7:25; 8:21; 21:11; 1Sa 15:32,33; 2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 8:12; Jer 39:6
* Twenty thousand, by Amaziah 2Ch 25:11,12
* Ripping women with child 2Ki 8:12; 15:16; Am 1:13
* Tortured under saws and harrows 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3
* Blinded Jud 16:21; Jer 39:7
* Maimed Jud 1:6,7
* Ravished La 5:11-13; Zec 14:2
* Enslaved De 20:14; 2Ki 5:2; Ps 44:12; Joe 3:6
* Robbed Eze 23:25,26
* Confined in pits Isa 51:14

→ Other indignities to Isa 20:4 → Kindness to 2Ki 25:27-30; Ps 106:46 → Advanced to positions in state Ge 41:39-45; Es 2:8; Da 1

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captive. Captive, n. one taken in war, a prisoner, a slave

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Cap″tive (?), n. [[L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]] 1. 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton. 2. 2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.