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Lexicon :: Strong's H6633 - ṣᵊḇā'

Aa
צְבָא
Transliteration
ṣᵊḇā'
Pronunciation
tsaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1865

Strong’s Definitions

צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants):—assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6633 in the following manner: fight (4x), assemble (3x), mustered (2x), warred (2x), perform (1x), wait (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6633 in the following manner: fight (4x), assemble (3x), mustered (2x), warred (2x), perform (1x), wait (1x).

  1. to go forth, wage war, fight, serve

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wage war, fight, go forth to war

      2. to serve (at sacred tent)

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to go forth, muster

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָבָא tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'; a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants):—assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
STRONGS H6633: Abbreviations
† [צָבָא] verb wage war, serve (Sabean צֿבא wage war with, also noun army, campaign HomChrest. 125 CISiv. 299, 1. 2 DHMVOJ i.28; Ethiopic bdb083805 (> bdb083806) wage war; Assyrian ṣâbu, man, soldier; NöZMG xl (1886), 726 and others compare (on account of Sabean, Ethiopic bdb083807) Arabic bdb083808 conceal oneself, hence lie in wait; this is phonetically suitable, but better in meaning would be bdb083809 go or come forth (against one), etc., so Thes LagBN 21; Frä232 compare bdb083810 young man); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural ֽֽֽצבְאוּ Exodus 38:8; Zechariah 14:12; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִצְבְּאוּ Numbers 31:7; Infinitive construct לִצְבֹּא Isaiah 31:4; לִצְבאֹ Numbers 4:23; Numbers 8:24; Participle plural צֹבְאִים Numbers 31:42; Isaiah 29:7, 8; suffix צֹבֶיהָ Isaiah 29:7 (Ges§ 75oo; Di צָרֶיהָ); feminine plural צֹבְאֹת Exodus 38:8; צֹבְאוֺת 1 Samuel 2:22; —
1. wage war, fight, with עַל against, Numbers 31:7 (P) Isaiah 29:7, 8; Isaiah 31:4; Zechariah 14:12, with suffix Isaiah 29:7 (?); absolute Numbers 31:42(P).
2. serve at sacred tent, Levites, with accusative צָבָא Numbers 4:23; Numbers 8:24 (P); women Exodus 38:8 (twice in verse) (P) 1 Samuel 2:22.
Hiph. Participle הַמַּצְבִּא אֶתעַֿם וגו׳ 2 Kings 25:19 = Jeremiah 52:25 muster..

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6634.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

38:8; 38:8; 38:8

Numbers

4:23; 4:23; 8:24; 8:24; 31:7; 31:7; 31:42; 31:42

1 Samuel

2:22; 2:22

2 Kings

25:19

Isaiah

29:7; 29:7; 29:7; 29:7; 29:8; 29:8; 31:4; 31:4

Jeremiah

52:25

Zechariah

14:12; 14:12

H6633

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6633 matches the Hebrew צְבָא (ṣᵊḇā'),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.
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