צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633 (צָבָא);
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army)
- by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
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
484 occurrences · 484 OT · 0 NT · 95 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hosts284 · 67%
- of the host25 · 6%
- to war20 · 5%
- and his host12 · 3%
- and all the host8 · 2%
- and over the host8 · 2%
- according to their armies7 · 2%
- to the war5 · 1%
- to battle4 · 1%
- for war4 · 1%
- of his host4 · 1%
- into the service4 · 1%
- of war4 · 1%
- the host4 · 1%
- throughout their armies4 · 1%
- throughout their hosts3 · 1%
- and over his host3 · 1%
- all the host3 · 1%
- was over the host3 · 1%
- for the war2 · 0%
- for all the host2 · 0%
- of the hosts2 · 0%
- army2 · 0%
- host2 · 0%
- by their armies2 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
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.