tsa.va H6635

צָבָא (tsa.va) means “army” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

צָבָא Hebrew · H6635 485 tagged occurrences in 462 verses

Pronunciation guide: tsaw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6635A

צָבָא · tsa.va · army

: army 1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host 1a) army, host 1a1) host (of organised army) 1a2) host (of angels) 1a3) of sun, moon, and stars 1a4) of whole creation 1b) war, warfare, service, go out to war 1c) service

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TBESH · H6635B

צָבָא · tsa.va · Hosts

The Hosts (of the Lord) Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

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TBESH · H6635H

צָבָא · tsa.va · army: war

: war 1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host 1a) army, host 1a1) host (of organised army) 1a2) host (of angels) 1a3) of sun, moon, and stars 1a4) of whole creation 1b) war, warfare, service, go out to war 1c) service

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TBESH · H6635I

צָבָא · tsa.va · army: duty

: duty 1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host 1a) army, host 1a1) host (of organised army) 1a2) host (of angels) 1a3) of sun, moon, and stars 1a4) of whole creation 1b) war, warfare, service, go out to war 1c) service

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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)

KJV glosses: appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).

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How translators render H6635

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of hosts	283
army	17
the host	16
in the army	15
of the army	13
and his division	12
the army	8
the division	8
the divisions	6
of his army	5
to serve	5
to war	5
by their divisions	4
for battle	3
for war	3
in the divisions	3
into battle	3
with our armies	3
divisions	2
of the host	2
of their army	2
the stars	2
their divisions	2
their host	2
troops	2
an army	1
and all their stars	1
and by the army	1
and of the host	1
and the host	1
and their armies	1
company	1
conflict	1
consigned to labor	1
finally the divisions	1
for warfare	1
from	1
from performing	1
hardships	1
her army to destruction	1
her forced labor	1
his heavenly hosts	1
his hosts	1
his troops	1
next the divisions	1
of his forces	1
of hosts declare	1
of my hard service	1
of the armies	1
ready for battle	1
the hosts	1
the military	1
the service	1
the starry host	1
the war	1
their vast array	1
then the divisions	1
to battle	1
to worship the host	1
to your army	1
trained	1
vvv	1
were army	1
with all their armies	1
your army	1
your divisions	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of hosts	285
of the host	26
to war	20
and his host	12
and all the host	8
and over the host	8
according to their armies	7
to the war	5
all the host	4
for war	4
into the service	4
of his host	4
of war	4
the host	4
throughout their armies	4
to battle	4
and over his host	3
over the host	3
throughout their hosts	3
and all their host	2
army	2
by their armies	2
for all the host	2
for the war	2
host	2
of the hosts	2
with our armies	2
against them in battle	1
all her host	1
an army	1
and all the host of them	1
and an host	1
and for all the host	1
and the host	1
and to all the host	1
and war	1
as the host	1
but the time appointed	1
captain of the host	1
for them throughout all the host	1
for warfare	1
from	1
from the war	1
his hosts	1
in his room over the host	1
in the host	1
into the host	1
it came to pass that all the hosts	1
let not the army	1
mine armies	1
not an appointed time	1
of armies	1
of his army	1
of my appointed time	1
of soldiers	1
of the armies	1
of the army	1
of their host	1
of them that were apt to the war	1
of whose host	1
of yourselves unto the war	1
or any of the host	1
over all the host	1
the company	1
the host of	1
the service	1
their host	1
them all and the host	1
them by their armies	1
them to the war	1
thine army	1
to the host	1
to wait	1
unto all the host	1
unto her that her warfare	1
unto thine army	1
upon all their armies	1
waiting	1
war	1
with all their host	1
with our hosts	1
with their armies	1
ye him all his hosts	1
your armies	1

Verses containing H6635

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Numbers 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
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Numbers 10:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
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Numbers 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
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Numbers 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
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Numbers 10:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
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Numbers 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
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Numbers 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
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Numbers 10:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
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Numbers 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
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Numbers 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
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Numbers 10:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
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Numbers 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
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Numbers 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
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Numbers 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
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Numbers 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
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Numbers 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
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Numbers 31:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
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Numbers 31:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
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Numbers 31:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
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Numbers 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
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Numbers 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
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Numbers 31:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
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Numbers 31:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
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Numbers 31:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
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Numbers 31:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
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Numbers 31:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
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Numbers 31:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
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Numbers 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
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Numbers 33:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
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Deuteronomy 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
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Deuteronomy 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
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Deuteronomy 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
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Deuteronomy 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
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Joshua 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
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Joshua 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
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Joshua 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
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Joshua 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
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Joshua 22:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
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Judges 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
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Judges 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
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Judges 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
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Judges 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
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1 Samuel 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.”
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1 Samuel 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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.
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1 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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.
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1 Samuel 14:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His 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.
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1 Samuel 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This 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.
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1 Samuel 17:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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.
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