This word comes from the name of LORD.
Definition
σαβαώθ indecl.,
[in LXX for צָבָא, chiefly in Isaiah (in other places, the phrase is also rendered by κύριος παντοκράτωρ, κ. τῶν δυνάμεων; see DB, iii, 137 f.) ;]
Sabaoth, i.e. hosts or armies (see DB, l.with): Romans 9:29 (LXX), Ja 54.
Glossary entries
Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Romans 9:29Σαβαὼθ · of HostsIt is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- James 5:4Σαβαὼθ · of HostsLook, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.