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צָבָא — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: צָבָא

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צָבָא

ṣābāʾ

army

צָבָא 485 n.m. army, war, warfare

1. army, host

2. war, warfare, service

3. service

4. צְבָאוֹת, in name of י׳ as God of war, prob. first in time of warlike David (some connect with sacred ark, but ark older)

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.