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צָבָא

tsâbâʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H6635 · 485 occurrences

What it means

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633 (צָבָא);

How the KJV renders it

appointed time, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
• Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Is tithing required for Christians?
• What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?

Where it appears

485 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.