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Lexicon :: Strong's H6635 - ṣāḇā'

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צָבָא
Transliteration
ṣāḇā'
Pronunciation
tsaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1865a,1865b

Strong’s Definitions

צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; or (feminine) צְבָאָה tsᵉbâʼâh; from H6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):—appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 485x

The KJV translates Strong's H6635 in the following manner: host (393x), war (41x), army (29x), battle (5x), service (5x), appointed time (3x), warfare (2x), soldiers (1x), company (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 485x
The KJV translates Strong's H6635 in the following manner: host (393x), war (41x), army (29x), battle (5x), service (5x), appointed time (3x), warfare (2x), soldiers (1x), company (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host

    1. army, host

      1. host (of organised army)

      2. host (of angels)

      3. of sun, moon, and stars

      4. of whole creation

    2. war, warfare, service, go out to war

    3. service

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; or (feminine) צְבָאָה tsᵉbâʼâh; from H6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):—appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
STRONGS H6635: Abbreviations
צָבָא 485 noun masculine 2 Chronicles 28:9 (possibly feminine Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 40:2; Daniel 8:12, but see AlbrZAW xv (1895), 319; BevDn) army, war, warfare; — absolute צ׳ Numbers 1:3 + (מִצָּבָה Zechariah 9:8); construct צְבָא Numbers 10:15 +; suffix צְבָאִי Job 14:14; צְבָאֲךָ Judges 8:9; Judges 9:29; צְבָיָו Psalm 103:21; Psalm 148:2 (Kt צבאו; so read probably in both), etc.; plural צְבָאוֺת Numbers 20:9 + 278 times; construct צִבְאוֺת Exodus 12:41 + 2 times; suffix צִבְאֹתַי Exodus 7:4; צִבְאֹתָם Exodus 6:26 +, etc.; —
1. army, host:
a. organized for war Judges 8:6; Judges 9:29 (J) Isaiah 34:2; Jeremiah 51:3; 2 Chronicles 28:9; צְבָאוֺ his host Numbers 2:4, 6 + 10 times 2 (P), לְצִבְאֹתָם Numbers 1:3, 52; Numbers 2:3, 9 + 11 times Numbers 2:10; Numbers 33:1 (P); אַלְפֵי הצ׳ Numbers 31:48 (P); ישׂראל צ׳ 2 Chronicles 25:7; חֵיל (ה)צ׳ 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:13; גְּדוּדֵי צ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:4; כלהֿצבא 2 Samuel 3:23; 2 Samuel 10:7; 1 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Chronicles 26:14; (ה)צ׳ שַׂר captain of (the) host Genesis 21:22, 32 (E) Genesis 26:26 (J) Judges 4:2, 7; 1 Samuel 12:9 + 21 times; (ה)צבא שָׂרֵי 1 Kings 1:25 (but read שַׂר), 1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 26:26; 2 Chronicles 33:11; שָׂרִים בצ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:22; (ה)צבאות שָׂרֵי Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Chronicles 27:3; רָאשֵׁי הצ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:14; מַלְכֵי צבאות Psalm 68:13; (ה)צ׳ עַל over the host (as captain) Numbers 10:14, 15 + 10 times Numbers 10 (P), 2 Samuel 8:16 = 1 Chronicles 18:15; 2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Kings 4:4; אלֿ כל הצ׳ 2 Samuel 20:23 (אל for על); עַלצִֿבְאֹתָם Exodus 6:26; Exodus 12:51 (P); הוציא צבאות lead out armies Exodus 7:4; Exodus 12:17 (P); יצא צ׳ army goes forth (to war) Exodus 12:41; 1 Chronicles 7:11; לֹא תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאוֺתֵינוּ Psalm 44:10, of י׳ going with our armies = Psalm 60:12 = Psalm 108:12; figurative of great number, צבא רב Psalm 68:12. — On חֲלִיפוֺת וְצָבָא Job 10:17 see Di; Bu proposes תַּחֲלֵף צְבָאֲ(ךָׅ i.e. thou dost renew (thine) army against me.
b. host (organized body) of angels (compare Luke 2:13), צבא השׁמים (כל) all the host of heaven 1 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 18:18; Nehemiah 9:6; כל צבאיו Psalm 103:21; Psalm 148:2; צבא הַמָּרוֺם Isaiah 24:21 host of the high (angel-princes; || earthly monarchs); צבא השׁמים Daniel 8:10, הצבא Daniel 8:10 (otherse Daniel 8:10b figurative of Israel); י׳ שׂר צ׳ captain of the host of י׳ Joshua 5:14, 15 (theophanic angel); שׂר הצבא Daniel 8:11 (angel-prince of Israel, others, God).
c. of sun, moon and stars, כלצבא השׁמים Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3, 5 2 Chronicles 33:3, 5; 2 Kings 23:4, 5; Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 19:13 (all as objects of worship), Isaiah 34:4; השׁמים צ׳ Jeremiah 33:22; Zephaniah 1:5; כל צבאם Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 33:6; Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 45:12; צבאם Isaiah 40:26. — Jeremiah 3:19 see I. צְבִי.
d. of the entire creation, כל צבאם Genesis 2:1.
2. war, warfare, service: יָצָא צָבָא go out to war Numbers 1:3, 20 + 12 times Numbers 1; Numbers 26:2 (P) 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 7:11; 1 Chronicles 12:33; 1 Chronicles 12:36; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 26:11; יצא בצ׳ Numbers 31:36 (P) Deuteronomy 24:5; יצא לצ׳ Numbers 31:27, 28 (P); עלה לצ׳ go up to war Joshua 22:12, 33 (P); בא מצ׳ come from war Numbers 31:14; 2 Chronicles 28:12; קבץ לצ׳ 1 Samuel 28:1; שׁלח לצ׳ Numbers 31:4, 6 (twice in verse) (P) התיחשׂם בּצ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:40; תִנָּתֵן צ׳ Daniel 8:12; אַנְשֵׁי (ה)צ׳ men of war Numbers 31:21, 53 (P) 1 Chronicles 12:8, compare עַם הצ׳ Numbers 31:32(P); see also II. חלץ; גִבּוֺרֵי חַיִל לצ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:25; כְּלֵי צ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:37 instruments of war.
3. service:
a. of Levites in sacred places Numbers 4:3, 23, 30, 35, 39, 43; Numbers 8:24, 25; קֹדֶשׁ וְצָבָא Daniel 8:13 (al. as Daniel 8:11, 1b).
b. of hard service of troubled life Job 7:1; Job 14:14; Isaiah 40:2; Daniel 10:1.
4. צְבָאוֺת, in name of י׳ as God of war, probably first in time of warlike David (some connect with sacred ark, but ark older), explained יהוה צבאות אֱלֹחֵי מערכות ישׂראל 1 Samuel 17:45 י׳ Sebaoth God of the battle array of Israel (the thought of angels and stars as army of God is later);
a. earliest form with article: אֱלֹהֵי הַצְּבָאוֺת י׳ Amos 3:13; Amos 6:14; Amos 9:5 (אֱלֹהֵי omitted by error, compare We), Hosea 12:6.
b. without article, definite by usage, אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֺת י׳ 2 Samuel 5:10; Amos 5:14, 15, 16; Amos 6:8; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 89:9; אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל י׳ Jeremiah 35:17; Jeremiah 38:17; Jeremiah 44:7; 1 Samuel 7:27 = 1 Chronicles 17:24; Isaiah 21:10; Isaiah 37:16; Isaiah 1st אֱלֹהֵי omitted Jeremiah 7:3, 21 + 30 times Jeremiah; Zephaniah 2:9; אלהי ישׂראל אלהים צ׳ י׳ Psalm 59:6 (אלהים variant of י׳); שְׁמוֺ צ׳ א׳ י׳, י׳ God of hosts his name Amos 4:13; Amos 5:27, later reduced to צ׳ י׳ שְׁמוֺ Isaiah 47:4; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 51:15; Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 31:35 + 6 times Jeremiah
c. as proper name Sebaoth: צבאות י׳, י׳ Sebaoth (Lord of hosts, Vrss, owing to Qr אֲדֹנָי, but this never construct אֲדֹנֵי; al. י׳ of hosts, but < names in apposition, since י׳ is proper name; צ׳ for earlier אלהי צ׳; compare Σαβαωθ James 5:4; Romans 9:29): 1 Samuel 1:3, 11; 1 Samuel 4:4; 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Samuel 6:2, 18; 2 Samuel 7:8, 26; 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 19:31; 1 Chronicles 11:9; 1 Chronicles 17:7; Psalm 24:10 + 6 times Psalms; Micah 4:4; Nahum 2:14; Nahum 3:5; Habakkuk 2:13; Zephaniah 2:10; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 5:7, 9, 16, 24 + 35 times Isaiah 6-39; Isa2, only Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 45:13; Jeremiah 6:6, 9; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 9:6; Jeremiah 9:16 + 26 times Jeremiah; Haggai 1:2, 5 + 12 times Haggai; Zechariah 1:3 (3 times in verse); Zechariah 1:4 + 40 times Zechariah 1-8; Zechariah 9:15 + 8 times Zechariah 10-14; Malachi 1:4, 6, 8 + 21 times Malachi; צ׳ האדון י׳ Isaiah 1:24 + 4 times Isaiah (including Isaiah 10:16 Baer Gi > van d. H. אֲדֹנָי for י׳); צ׳ אֲדֹנָי י׳ Isaiah 3:15 + (on these phrase see אָדוֺן 1, 6); אלהים צ׳ (א׳ later Qr for original י׳) Psalm 80:8; Psalm 80:15; אלהים צ׳ י׳ (earlier י׳ + later [inserted] א׳) Psalm 80:5; Psalm 80:20 [Psalm 80:19]; Psalm 84:9. — compare DrHastings DB (1900), LORD OF HOSTS and references, LöhrAmos (Beiheftezur ZAW iv (1900), 38-67).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:1; 21:22; 21:32; 26:26

Exodus

6:26; 6:26; 7:4; 7:4; 12:17; 12:41; 12:41; 12:51

Numbers

1; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:20; 1:52; 2:3; 2:4; 2:6; 2:9; 2:10; 4:3; 4:23; 4:30; 4:35; 4:39; 4:43; 8:24; 8:25; 10; 10:14; 10:15; 10:15; 20:9; 26:2; 31:4; 31:6; 31:14; 31:21; 31:27; 31:28; 31:32; 31:36; 31:48; 31:53; 33:1

Deuteronomy

4:19; 17:3; 20:9; 24:5

Joshua

5:14; 5:15; 22:12; 22:33

Judges

4:2; 4:7; 8:6; 8:9; 9:29; 9:29

1 Samuel

1:3; 1:11; 4:4; 12:9; 15:2; 17:45; 17:45; 28:1

2 Samuel

3:23; 5:10; 6:2; 6:18; 7:8; 7:26; 8:16; 10:7; 17:25; 20:23

1 Kings

1:25; 2:5; 2:35; 4:4; 18:15; 19:10; 19:14; 22:19

2 Kings

3:14; 17:16; 19:31; 21:3; 21:5; 23:4; 23:5

1 Chronicles

5:18; 7:4; 7:11; 7:11; 7:40; 11:9; 12:8; 12:14; 12:22; 12:25; 12:33; 12:36; 12:37; 17:7; 17:24; 18:15; 19:8; 20:1; 25:1; 26:26; 27:3

2 Chronicles

18:18; 25:5; 25:7; 26:11; 26:13; 26:14; 28:9; 28:9; 28:12; 33:3; 33:5; 33:11

Nehemiah

9:6; 9:6

Job

7:1; 10:17; 14:14; 14:14

Psalms

24:10; 33:6; 44:10; 59:6; 60:12; 68:12; 68:13; 80:5; 80:8; 80:15; 80:19; 84:9; 89:9; 103:21; 103:21; 108:12; 148:2; 148:2

Isaiah

1:9; 1:24; 2:12; 3:15; 5:7; 5:9; 5:16; 5:24; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 10:2; 10:16; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 21:10; 22; 23; 24; 24:21; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 34:2; 34:4; 34:4; 35; 36; 37; 37:16; 38; 39; 40:2; 40:2; 40:26; 44:6; 45:12; 45:13; 47:4; 48:2; 51:15; 54:5

Jeremiah

3:19; 5:14; 6:6; 6:9; 7:3; 7:21; 8:2; 8:3; 9:6; 9:16; 10:16; 15:16; 19:13; 31:35; 33:22; 35:17; 38:17; 44:7; 51:3

Daniel

8:10; 8:10; 8:10; 8:11; 8:11; 8:12; 8:12; 8:13; 10:1

Hosea

12:6

Amos

3:13; 4:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:16; 5:27; 6:8; 6:14; 9:5

Micah

4:4

Nahum

3:5

Habakkuk

2:13

Zephaniah

1:5; 2:9; 2:10

Haggai

1:2; 1:5

Zechariah

1; 1:3; 1:4; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9:8; 9:15; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14

Malachi

1:4; 1:6; 1:8

Luke

2:13

Romans

9:29

James

5:4

H6635

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Strong's Number H6635 matches the Hebrew צָבָא (ṣāḇā'),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha H477 said, H559 As the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 liveth, H2416 before H6440 whom I stand, H5975 surely, were it not that H3884 I regard H5375 the presence H6440 of Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah, H3063 I would not look H5027 toward thee, nor see H7200 thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said H559 unto him, Say H559 now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful H2729 for us with all this care; H2731 what is to be done H6213 for thee? wouldest H3426 thou be spoken H1696 for to the king, H4428 or to the captain H8269 of the host? H6635 And she answered, H559 I dwell H3427 among H8432 mine own people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman, H5283 captain H8269 of the host H6635 of the king H4428 of Syria, H758 was a great H1419 man H376 with H6440 his master, H113 and honourable, H5375 because by him the LORD H3068 had given H5414 deliverance H8668 unto Syria: H758 he was also a mighty H1368 man H376 in valour, H2428 but he was a leper. H6879

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left H5800 all the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and made H6213 them molten images, H4541 even two H8147 calves, H5695 and made H6213 a grove, H842 and worshipped H7812 all the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he built up H1129 again H7725 the high places H1116 which Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed; H6 and he reared up H6965 altars H4196 for Baal, H1168 and made H6213 a grove, H842 as did H6213 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel; H3478 and worshipped H7812 all the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:5 - And he built H1129 altars H4196 for all the host H6635 of heaven H8064 in the two H8147 courts H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest, H3548 and the priests H3548 of the second order, H4932 and the keepers H8104 of the door, H5592 to bring forth H3318 out of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal, H1168 and for the grove, H842 and for all the host H6635 of heaven: H8064 and he burned H8313 them without H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of Kidron, H6939 and carried H5375 the ashes H6083 of them unto Bethel. H1008

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he put down H7673 the idolatrous priests, H3649 whom the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had ordained H5414 to burn incense H6999 in the high places H1116 in the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and in the places round about H4524 Jerusalem; H3389 them also that burned incense H6999 unto Baal, H1168 to the sun, H8121 and to the moon, H3394 and to the planets, H4208 and to all the host H6635 of heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And out of the city H5892 he took H3947 an H259 officer H5631 that was set H6496 over the men H582 of war, H4421 and five H2568 men H582 of them that were H7200 in the king's H4428 presence, H6440 which were found H4672 in the city, H5892 and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host, H6635 which mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land, H776 and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776 that were found H4672 in the city: H5892
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