צָבָא tsava

Hebrew word for “Hosts” · Strong’s H6635 · used 484 times in 461 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• Hosts (285)
• army (144)
• army: war (42)
• army: duty (13)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsava in context, with how often each is used:

• hosts 291
• army 62
• war 29
• host 28
• military group 24
• military groups 16
• warfare 16
• service 10
• armies 7
• does service 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 2 (20), Numbers 1 (15), Zechariah 8 (15), Numbers 10 (13), Numbers 31 (12), 1 Chronicles 12 (9), Malachi 1 (8), Malachi 3 (8), Isaiah 19 (7), Jeremiah 51 (7)

Forms

• צבאות 284
• צבא 74
• הצבא 33
• לצבא 17
• לצבאתם 16
• וצבאו 12
• צבאו 11
• צבאם 7
• הצבאות 5
• וצבא 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsava more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּה koh “thus” 89
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 44
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 42
• שֵׁם shem “name” 49
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 37
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 39
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 50
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 33
• מַעַל maal “above” 24
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 35
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 32
• הֵן hen “look!” 27

Key verses

The verses using tsava that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with…
• Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
• Isaiah 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Zechariah 8:20 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…
• Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.