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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

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  • Numbers 2:11
    And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
  • Numbers 2:13
    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
  • Numbers 2:15
    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
  • Numbers 2:16
    All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
  • Numbers 2:18
    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
  • Numbers 2:19
    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
  • Numbers 2:21
    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
  • Numbers 2:23
    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
  • Numbers 2:24
    All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
  • Numbers 2:25
    The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.