צָבָא

tsa.vaNoun (Masculine)H6635

army

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

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

419 times

Appears 419 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Jeremiah
83
Numbers
71
Isaiah
63
Zechariah
43
Malachi
22

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 11:9
  • Amos 9:5
  • Isaiah 47:4
  • Jeremiah 50:33
  • Numbers 2:11

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