Tsâbâʼ — H6635

H6635 · Hebrew — צבא

Pronunciation: tsaw-baw'

Definition

masculine noun

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

  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

Usually translated as

host, war, army, battle, service, appointed time, warfare, company, soldiers, waiting upon

Origin

or (feminine) tsᵉbâʼâh; from H6633

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tsâbâʼ occurs 483 times in 460 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (5), Numbers (69), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (5), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (10), 2 Samuel (15), 1 Kings (13), 2 Kings (9), 1 Chronicles (26), 2 Chronicles (12), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Psalms (23), Isaiah (66), Jeremiah (87), Daniel (5), Hosea (1), Amos (9), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (3), Haggai (12), Zechariah (46), Malachi (24)

Strong's Lexicon — T