Definition

to make captive

Etymology

from G164 (αἰχμάλωτος);

Word family

• αἰχμάλωτος aichmálōtos

How the KJV renders it

• lead away captive
• bring into captivity

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.