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HebrewH6635Noun (Masculine)

צָבָא

tsa.va

419Occurrences
H6635Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633 (צָבָא);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
army 1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host 1a) army, host 1a1) host (of organised army) 1a2) host (of angels) 1a3) of sun, moon, and stars 1a4) of whole creation 1b) war, warfare, service, go out to war 1c) service

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

צָבָא appears 419 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
83
Numbers
71
Isaiah
63
Zechariah
43
Malachi
22
1 Chronicles
17
2 Samuel
14
1 Kings
13

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:9BSB

And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.

Amos 9:5BSB

The Lord GOD of Hosts,He who touches the earth and it melts,and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile,then sinks like the river of Egypt—

Isaiah 47:4BSB

Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:33BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“The sons of Israel are oppressed,and the sons of Judah as well.All their captors hold them fast,refusing to release them.

Numbers 2:11BSB

and his division numbers 46,500.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.