צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
to mass (an army or servants)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to mass (an army or servants)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › strength, the leader
To pursue the straight path of the house, what is within of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָבָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the women assembling1 · 8%
- which assembled1 · 8%
- to perform1 · 8%
- to wait1 · 8%
- and they warred1 · 8%
- that warred1 · 8%
- that assembled1 · 8%
- which mustered1 · 8%
- that fight1 · 8%
- be, that fight1 · 8%
- to fight1 · 8%
- who mustered1 · 8%
- that have fought1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.