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צָבָא H6635

tsâbâʼ

tsaw-baw'

or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

צָבָא 485 n.m. army, war, warfare
1 army, host
2 war, warfare, service
3 service
4 צְבָאוֹת, in name of י׳ as God of war, prob. first in time of warlike David (some connect with sacred ark, but ark older)

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


463 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 60:10
    Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
  • Psalms 68:11
    The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
  • Psalms 68:12
    Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
  • Psalms 69:6
    Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
  • Psalms 80:4
    O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
  • Psalms 80:7
    Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
  • Psalms 80:14
    Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
  • Psalms 80:19
    Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
  • Psalms 84:1
    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
  • Psalms 84:3
    Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.