gola · exile, exiles

What it means

gola (גּוֹלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “exile, exiles”.

Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Being forced out of your land; or those who suffered it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• exile ×25
• exiles ×18

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×12
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×1
• Jeremiah×10
• Ezekiel×11
• Amos×1
• Nahum×1
• Zechariah×2

• 2 Kings 24:14

  He carried into exile all Jerusalem, and all the officials, and all the mighty men of the force, ten thousand exiles, and every craftsman and smith; none remained except the poorest of the people of the land.

• 2 Kings 24:15

  He carried into exile Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his officials, and the mighty of the land; he led them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,

• 2 Kings 24:16

  and all the men of the force, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand, all of them mighty men who waged war; and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.

• 1 Chronicles 5:22

  For many fell slain, because the war was from Elohim. And they lived in their place until the exile.

• Ezra 1:11

  All the utensils of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

• Ezra 2:1

  And these are the sons of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

• Ezra 4:1

  And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the sons of the exile were building a temple for YHWH, the Elohim of Israel,

• Ezra 6:19

  And the sons of the exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

• Ezra 6:20

  For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one; all of them were clean. And they slaughtered the Passover for all the sons of the exile, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

• Ezra 6:21

  And the sons of Israel who had returned from the exile ate, and everyone who had separated himself from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to join them, to seek YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

• Ezra 8:35

  Those who had come from the captivity, the sons of the exile, offered burnt offerings to the Elohim of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve male goats as a sin offering; all was a burnt offering to YHWH.

• Ezra 9:4

  And to me gathered everyone who trembled at the words of the Elohim of Israel because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat appalled until the evening offering.

• Ezra 10:6

  And Ezra rose from before the house of Elohim and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and he went there; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

• Ezra 10:7

  And they made a proclamation pass throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of the exile to gather at Jerusalem,

• Ezra 10:8

  and that everyone who did not come within three days, according to the counsel of the officials and the elders, all his goods would be devoted to destruction, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of the exiles.

• Ezra 10:16

  And the sons of the exile did so. And there were set apart Ezra the priest and men, heads of the fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ house, and all of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to inquire into the matter;

• Nehemiah 7:6

  These are the sons of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

• Esther 2:6

  who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried into exile.

• Jeremiah 28:6

  and Jeremiah the prophet said: “Amen! May YHWH do so; may YHWH confirm your words that you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of YHWH and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.

• Jeremiah 29:1

  And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,

• Jeremiah 29:4

  “Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

• Jeremiah 29:16

  for thus says YHWH concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,

• Jeremiah 29:20

  But you, hear the word of YHWH, all the exiles whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

• Jeremiah 29:31

  “Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has made you trust in falsehood,

• Jeremiah 46:19

  Make for yourself baggage for exile, you who dwell, daughter of Egypt, for Memphis will become a horror, and will be set on fire, without inhabitant.

• Jeremiah 48:7

  For because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you too will be captured; and Chemosh will go out into exile, his priests and his princes together.

• Jeremiah 48:11

  Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has rested quietly on his lees, and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, and into exile he has not gone; therefore his taste has remained in him, and his scent has not changed.

• Jeremiah 49:3

  Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the enclosures; for their king will go into exile, his priests and his princes together.

• Ezekiel 1:1

  And it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Elohim.

• Ezekiel 3:11

  And go, come to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH,’ whether they listen or stop listening.”

• Ezekiel 3:15

  And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who lived by the river Chebar, and where they were living, and I stayed there seven days, appalled, among them.

• Ezekiel 11:24

  And a spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision by the spirit of Elohim; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.

• Ezekiel 11:25

  And I spoke to the exiles all the words of YHWH that he had shown me.

• Ezekiel 12:3

  And you, son of man, make for yourself baggage for exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes; and you will go into exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house.

• Ezekiel 12:4

  And you will bring out your baggage as baggage for exile by day before their eyes; and you will go out in the evening before their eyes as those who go out into exile.

• Ezekiel 12:7

  And I did so, as I was commanded; my baggage I brought out as baggage for exile by day, and in the evening I dug for myself through the wall with my hand; in the darkness I brought it out; on my shoulder I carried it before their eyes.

• Ezekiel 12:11

  Say, ‘I am your wonder; as I have done, so it will be done to them; into exile, into captivity they will go.’

• Ezekiel 25:3

  and say to the sons of Ammon: ‘Hear the word of Adonai YHWH! Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you said, “Aha!” over my sanctuary because it was profaned, and over the ground of Israel because it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah because they went into exile,

• Amos 1:15

  And their king will go into exile, he and his princes together, says YHWH.

• Nahum 3:10

  She too went into exile, into captivity; her infants too were dashed to pieces at the head of every street; and for her honored men they cast lots, and all her great men were bound in fetters.

And 3 more times.