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Lexicon :: Strong's H6633 - ṣᵊḇā'

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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

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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 Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they[fn] shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - From the people of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and five men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
so shall the multitude of all the nations be
that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD said to me,
“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the LORD of hosts will come down
to fight[fn] on Mount Zion and on its hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king’s council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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