Hebrew word

tsâbâʼ

tsaw-baw'

צָבָא

What it means

a mass of persons, especially reg. organized forwar

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

Where it comes from

or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from tsâbâʼ (צָבָא)

How the King James translates it

hosts246
host98
war25
armies17
service5
battle5
army5
warfare2

Every place it appears 410

Genesis21:22 21:32

Exodus7:4 12:17 12:41

Numbers1:3 1:45 2:3 2:4 2:6 2:8 2:9 2:10 2:11 2:13 2:15 2:16 2:18 2:19 2:21 2:23 2:24 2:25 2:26 2:28 2:30 2:32 4:3 4:23 4:30 4:35 4:39 4:43 8:25 10:14 10:15 10:16 10:18 10:19 10:20 10:22 10:23 10:24 10:25 10:26 10:27 10:28 26:2 31:3 31:6 31:14 31:21 31:27 31:28 31:32 31:36 31:48 31:53 32:27 33:1

Deuteronomy4:19 17:3 20:9 24:5

Joshua4:13 5:14 5:15 22:33

Judges4:2 4:7 9:29

1 Samuel1:3 1:11 4:4 12:9 14:50 15:2 17:45 17:55 26:5 28:1

2 Samuel2:8 3:23 5:10 6:2 6:18 7:8 7:26 7:27 8:16 10:7 10:16 10:18 17:25 19:13 20:23

1 Kings1:19 1:25 2:5 2:32 2:35 4:4 11:15 11:21 16:16 18:15 19:10 19:14 22:19

2 Kings3:14 4:13 5:1 17:16 19:31 21:3 21:5 23:4 23:5 25:19

1 Chronicles5:18 7:4 7:11 7:40 11:9 12:8 12:14 12:21 12:23 12:24 12:25 12:33 12:36 12:37 17:7 17:24 18:15 19:8 19:16 19:18 20:1 25:1 26:26 27:3 27:5 27:34

2 Chronicles17:18 18:18 25:5 25:7 26:11 26:14 28:9 28:12 33:3 33:5 33:11

Nehemiah9:6

Job7:1 14:14

Psalms24:10 33:6 46:7 46:11 48:8 59:5 68:11 68:12 69:6 80:4 80:7 80:14 80:19 84:3 84:8 84:12 89:8 103:21

Isaiah1:9 1:24 2:12 3:1 5:7 5:9 5:16 5:24 6:3 8:13 8:18 9:7 9:19 10:16 10:23 10:24 10:26 10:33 13:4 13:13 14:22 14:24 14:27 18:7 19:12 19:16 19:17 19:18 19:20 19:25 21:10 22:5 22:12 22:14 22:15 22:25 23:9 24:21 24:23 25:6 28:5 28:22 28:29 29:6 31:4 31:5 34:2 34:4 37:16 37:32 40:2 40:26 44:6 45:12 47:4 48:2 51:15 54:5

Daniel8:10 8:11 8:12 8:13 10:1

Hosea12:5

Amos4:13 5:14 5:15 5:16 6:8 6:14 9:5

Micah4:4

Nahum2:13 3:5

Habakkuk2:13

Zephaniah1:5 2:9

Haggai1:2 1:5 1:7 1:9 1:14 2:6 2:9 2:11 2:23

Zechariah1:3 1:4 1:6 1:12 1:14 1:16 1:17 2:8 2:9 2:11 3:7 3:9 3:10 4:9 5:4 6:12 6:15 7:3 7:4 7:9 7:12 8:1 8:2 8:3 8:4 8:6 8:7 8:9 8:14 8:18 8:19 8:20 8:21 8:22 8:23 9:15 10:3 12:5 13:2 13:7 14:16 14:17 14:21

Malachi1:4 1:6 1:10 1:13 1:14 2:2 2:16 3:7 3:10 3:17 4:1