Strong's #6635: tsaba' (pronounced tsaw-baw')
or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}; from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):--appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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tsâbâ' / tsebâ'âh
1) 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
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H6633
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1865a, 1865b
Usage:
This word is used 484 times:
1 Samuel 4:4: "the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two"
1 Samuel 12:9: "them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand"
1 Samuel 14:50: "of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's"
1 Samuel 15:2: "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek"
1 Samuel 17:45: "to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom"
1 Samuel 17:55: "unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this"
1 Samuel 26:5: "lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay"
1 Samuel 28:1: "gathered together their armies for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said"
2 Samuel 2:8: "of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son"
2 Samuel 3:23: "When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab,"
2 Samuel 5:10: "went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with"
2 Samuel 6:2: "whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth"
2 Samuel 6:18: "the people in the name of the LORD of hosts."
2 Samuel 7:8: "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,"
2 Samuel 7:26: "forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel:"
2 Samuel 7:27: "For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed"
2 Samuel 8:16: "the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;"
2 Samuel 10:7: "Joab, and all the host of the mighty men."
2 Samuel 10:16: "and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before"
2 Samuel 10:18: "thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there."
2 Samuel 17:25: "made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's"
2 Samuel 19:13: "thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room"
2 Samuel 20:23: "Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada"
1 Kings 1:19: "the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called."
1 Kings 1:25: "the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat"
1 Kings 2:5: "he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner,"
1 Kings 2:32: "the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,"
1 Kings 2:32: "the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah."
1 Kings 2:35: "of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put"
1 Kings 4:4: "the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:"
1 Kings 11:15: "Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain,"
1 Kings 11:21: "and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to"
1 Kings 16:16: "made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that"
1 Kings 18:15: "And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,"
1 Kings 19:10: "I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel"
1 Kings 19:14: "I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel"
1 Kings 22:19: "on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand"
2 Kings 3:14: "And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,"
2 Kings 4:13: "or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among"
2 Kings 5:1: "Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man"
2 Kings 17:16: "a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal."
2 Kings 21:3: "of Israel; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served"
2 Kings 21:5: "And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house"
2 Kings 23:4: "that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without"
2 Kings 23:5: "and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven."
2 Kings 25:19: "which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered"
1 Chronicles 5:18: "seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war."
1 Chronicles 7:4: "after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand"
1 Chronicles 7:11: "were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle."
1 Chronicles 7:40: "chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six"
