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ṣāvāʾ צָבָאAarmy, BHosts’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣāvāʾ צָבָא ‘to serve’
Roots: צבא
Variants: צָבָא, צָבָא

ṣāvāʾ An, m Bpr n m title
A1) 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
B1) The Hosts (of the Lord)

Mentioned in Genesis 21:22, 21:32, 26:26, 2:1 Exodus 6:26, 7:4, 12:41, 12:17, 12:51 Numbers 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 1:45, 2:32, 26:2, 10:24, 32:27, 31:28, 4:3, 4:23, 4:30, 4:35, 4:39, 4:43, 8:24, 1:3, 33:1, 2:16, 2:28, 2:25, 10:25, 10:27, 1:52, 31:3, 31:53, 31:21, 31:48, 10:28, 10:16, 10:20, 2:10, 10:18, 2:18, 10:22, 31:6, 2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:15, 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:26, 2:30, 31:4, 31:5, 31:14, 31:32, 31:36, 10:26, 31:27, 2:3, 8:25, 10:14, 10:15, 10:19, 10:23 Deuteronomy 17:3, 24:5, 20:9, 4:19 Joshua 5:14, 4:13, 5:15, 22:33, 22:12 Judges 9:29, 4:7, 8:6, 4:2 1 Samuel 14:50, 17:55, 26:5, 1:3, 1:11, 28:1, 17:45, 4:4, 12:9, 15:2 2 Samuel 17:25, 2:8, 3:23, 7:27, 8:16, 7:8, 20:23, 5:10, 6:2, 7:26, 19:14, 10:18, 10:16, 6:18, 10:7 1 Kings 2:32, 11:21, 1:19, 1:25, 2:35, 4:4, 2:5, 11:15, 18:15, 19:10, 19:14, 16:16, 22:19 2 Kings 21:3, 5:1, 4:13, 25:19, 3:14, 17:16, 23:5, 23:4, 21:5, 19:31 Isaiah 1:24, 5:24, 14:23, 3:1, 10:16, 10:33, 19:4, 45:12, 19:17, 24:21, 3:15, 10:23, 10:24, 22:5, 22:12, 22:14, 22:15, 28:22, 6:5, 40:26, 8:18, 19:20, 5:9, 9:18, 19:18, 44:6, 19:12, 9:6, 5:7, 29:6, 5:16, 6:3, 18:7, 31:4, 39:5, 40:2, 21:10, 37:16, 48:2, 51:15, 54:5, 14:24, 22:25, 19:25, 45:13, 13:4, 13:13, 17:3, 23:9, 19:16, 8:13, 9:12, 14:22, 24:23, 2:12, 47:4, 28:29, 34:2, 34:4, 31:5, 1:9, 10:26, 28:5, 25:6, 37:32, 14:27 Jeremiah 3:19, 32:18, 35:18, 49:7, 43:10, 27:4, 33:12, 51:14, 8:2, 2:19, 46:10, 49:5, 50:25, 50:31, 31:35, 19:3, 29:21, 52:25, 19:13, 9:6, 19:11, 44:2, 23:36, 35:13, 35:19, 44:7, 49:26, 5:14, 7:21, 9:14, 15:16, 23:15, 29:17, 23:16, 29:8, 51:3, 9:16, 11:20, 19:15, 20:12, 25:27, 25:28, 25:32, 26:18, 27:19, 29:25, 35:17, 38:17, 39:16, 46:25, 48:1, 50:18, 42:18, 10:16, 28:14, 32:14, 51:19, 7:3, 16:9, 27:21, 28:2, 29:4, 31:23, 32:15, 42:15, 44:11, 44:25, 51:5, 51:33, 27:18, 6:6, 6:9, 11:22, 25:8, 33:11, 49:35, 50:33, 51:58, 25:29, 46:18, 50:34, 8:3, 11:17, 33:22, 48:15, 51:57, 30:8 Hosea 12:6 Amos 9:5, 5:16, 4:13, 3:13, 6:8, 5:15, 5:14, 5:27, 6:14 Micah 4:4 Nahum 2:14, 3:5 Habakkuk 2:13 Zephaniah 2:9, 1:5, 2:10 Haggai 2:6, 2:9, 1:9, 1:14, 1:2, 1:5, 1:7, 2:7, 2:11, 2:4, 2:23, 2:8 Zechariah 1:4, 1:6, 8:14, 3:9, 5:4, 9:15, 8:19, 7:9, 8:21, 2:12, 3:10, 6:12, 8:4, 8:23, 1:3, 1:14, 2:15, 4:6, 4:9, 6:15, 7:3, 7:4, 8:3, 8:18, 14:17, 3:7, 8:9, 12:5, 1:12, 1:16, 1:17, 7:13, 8:1, 8:2, 8:6, 8:7, 8:20, 8:11, 10:3, 13:2, 7:12, 2:13, 8:22, 13:7, 14:16, 14:21 Malachi 1:6, 3:7, 3:1, 1:4, 3:11, 1:14, 2:12, 1:8, 3:10, 1:10, 2:2, 3:17, 1:9, 2:4, 3:5, 2:16, 3:14, 1:11, 1:13, 2:8, 3:12, 3:19, 3:21, 2:7 Psalms 84:13, 68:12, 69:7, 59:6, 80:8, 80:20, 84:9, 46:8, 46:12, 48:9, 60:12, 80:5, 80:15, 84:4, 89:9, 108:12, 44:10, 68:13, 103:21, 33:6, 24:10, 148:2, 84:2 Job 14:14, 7:1, 10:17 Daniel 8:13, 8:12, 10:1, 8:10, 8:11 Nehemiah 9:6 1 Chronicles 7:4, 7:11, 7:40, 26:26, 27:34, 12:15, 18:15, 17:7, 12:9, 19:18, 25:1, 12:24, 17:24, 5:18, 12:25, 12:26, 12:34, 12:37, 12:38, 27:5, 19:16, 20:1, 19:8, 27:3, 12:22, 11:9 2 Chronicles 25:5, 28:9, 33:3, 26:14, 26:13, 25:7, 28:12, 17:18, 18:18, 33:11, 33:5, 26:11

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