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Lexicon :: Strong's H6633 - ṣᵊḇā'

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צְבָא
Transliteration
ṣᵊḇā'
Pronunciation
tsaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1865

Strong’s Definitions

צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants):—assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6633 in the following manner: fight (4x), assemble (3x), mustered (2x), warred (2x), perform (1x), wait (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6633 in the following manner: fight (4x), assemble (3x), mustered (2x), warred (2x), perform (1x), wait (1x).

  1. to go forth, wage war, fight, serve

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wage war, fight, go forth to war

      2. to serve (at sacred tent)

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to go forth, muster

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants):—assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
STRONGS H6633: Abbreviations
† [צָבָא] verb wage war, serve (Sabean צֿבא wage war with, also noun army, campaign HomChrest. 125 CISiv. 299, 1. 2 DHMVOJ i.28; Ethiopic bdb083805 (> bdb083806) wage war; Assyrian ṣâbu, man, soldier; NöZMG xl (1886), 726 and others compare (on account of Sabean, Ethiopic bdb083807) Arabic bdb083808 conceal oneself, hence lie in wait; this is phonetically suitable, but better in meaning would be bdb083809 go or come forth (against one), etc., so Thes LagBN 21; Frä232 compare bdb083810 young man); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural ֽֽֽצבְאוּ Exodus 38:8; Zechariah 14:12; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִצְבְּאוּ Numbers 31:7; Infinitive construct לִצְבֹּא Isaiah 31:4; לִצְבאֹ Numbers 4:23; Numbers 8:24; Participle plural צֹבְאִים Numbers 31:42; Isaiah 29:7, 8; suffix צֹבֶיהָ Isaiah 29:7 (Ges§ 75oo; Di צָרֶיהָ); feminine plural צֹבְאֹת Exodus 38:8; צֹבְאוֺת 1 Samuel 2:22; —
1. wage war, fight, with עַל against, Numbers 31:7 (P) Isaiah 29:7, 8; Isaiah 31:4; Zechariah 14:12, with suffix Isaiah 29:7 (?); absolute Numbers 31:42(P).
2. serve at sacred tent, Levites, with accusative צָבָא Numbers 4:23; Numbers 8:24 (P); women Exodus 38:8 (twice in verse) (P) 1 Samuel 2:22.
Hiph. Participle הַמַּצְבִּא אֶתעַֿם וגו׳ 2 Kings 25:19 = Jeremiah 52:25 muster..

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6634.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

38:8; 38:8; 38:8

Numbers

4:23; 4:23; 8:24; 8:24; 31:7; 31:7; 31:42; 31:42

1 Samuel

2:22; 2:22

2 Kings

25:19

Isaiah

29:7; 29:7; 29:7; 29:7; 29:8; 29:8; 31:4; 31:4

Jeremiah

52:25

Zechariah

14:12; 14:12

H6633

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6633 matches the Hebrew צְבָא (ṣᵊḇā'),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king’s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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