This word comes from the name of LORD.
Definition
or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Traditional renderings: appointed time, ( ) army, ( ) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Traditional renderings: appointed time, ( ) army, ( ) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Glossary entries
Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High
Where it occurs
Occurrences
484 total
- 1 Samuel 1:11צְבָא֜וֹת · of HostsAnd she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
- 1 Samuel 4:4צְבָא֖וֹת · of HostsSo the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 12:9צְבָ֨א · of the armyBut they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
- 1 Samuel 14:50צְבָאוֹ֙ · of his armyHis wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
- 1 Samuel 15:2צְבָא֔וֹת · of HostsThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 17:45צְבָא֔וֹת · of HostsBut David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:55הַצָּבָ֔א · of the armyAs Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- 1 Samuel 26:5צְבָא֑וֹ · of his armyThen David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
- 1 Samuel 28:1לַצָּבָ֔א · for warfareNow in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
- 2 Samuel 2:8צָבָ֖א · armyMeanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- 2 Samuel 3:23הַצָּבָ֥א · his troopsWhen Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
- 2 Samuel 5:10צְבָא֖וֹת · of HostsAnd David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
- 2 Samuel 6:2צְבָא֛וֹת · of HostsAnd he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
- 2 Samuel 6:18צְבָאֽוֹת׃ · of HostsWhen David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Samuel 7:8צְבָא֔וֹת · of HostsNow then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:26צְבָא֔וֹת · of Hosts…so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
- 2 Samuel 7:27צְבָא֜וֹת · of HostsFor You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
- 2 Samuel 8:16הַצָּבָ֑א · the armyJoab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 2 Samuel 10:7הַצָּבָ֖א · armyOn hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
- 2 Samuel 10:16צְבָ֥א · armyHadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 2 Samuel 10:18צְבָא֛וֹ · of their armyBut the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
- 2 Samuel 17:25הַצָּבָ֑א · the armyAbsalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 19:13צָבָ֞א · armyAnd say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- 2 Samuel 20:23הַצָּבָ֖א · armyNow Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
- 1 Kings 1:19הַצָּבָ֑א · of the armyAnd he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not invited your servant Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:25הַצָּבָא֙ · of the armyFor today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- 1 Kings 2:5צִבְא֣וֹת · of the armiesMoreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:32 (2×)צְבָ֣א · army; צְבָ֥א · armyThe LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
- 1 Kings 2:35הַצָּבָ֑א · the armyAnd the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- 1 Kings 4:4הַצָּבָ֑א · the armyBenaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 11:15הַצָּבָ֔א · of the armyEarlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:21הַצָּבָ֑א · of the armyWhen Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
- 1 Kings 16:16צָבָ֧א · of the army…and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 18:15צְבָא֔וֹת · of HostsThen Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- 1 Kings 19:10צְבָא֗וֹת · of Hosts“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 19:14צְבָא֗וֹת · of Hosts“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 22:19צְבָ֤א · the hostMicaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
- 2 Kings 3:14צְבָאוֹת֙ · of HostsThen Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
- 2 Kings 4:13הַצָּבָ֑א · of the army…and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
- 2 Kings 5:1צְבָ֨א · of the armyNow Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- 2 Kings 17:16צְבָ֣א · the hostThey abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 21:3צְבָ֣א · the hostFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 21:5צְבָ֣א · the hostIn both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 23:4צְבָ֣א · the hostThen the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:5צְבָ֥א · the hostJosiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 25:19הַצָּבָ֔א · of the armyOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18צָבָֽא׃The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4צְבָ֣א · troopsIn addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11צָבָ֖א · for battleAll these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.