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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
Dictionary Aids

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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Moreover, he made H6213 the basin H3595 of bronze H5178 with its base H3653 of bronze H5178, [fn]from the mirrors H4759 of the serving H6633 women who H834 served H6633 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121 you shall [fn]count H6485 them: all H3605 who can enter H935 to perform H6633 service H6635, to do H5647 the work H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This H2088 is what H834 applies to the Levites H3881: from twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 [fn]they shall enter H935 to perform H6633 service H6635 in the work H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - So they made H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Midian H4080, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872, and they killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.

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As for the sons H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, which H834 Moses H4872 [fn]separated H2673 from the men H376 who had gone H6633 to H6633 war H6633—

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Now Eli H5941 was H2204 very H3966 old H2204; and he heard H8085 about everything H3605 that his sons H1121 were doing H6213 to all H3605 Israel H3478, and that they slept H7901 with the women H802 who served H6633 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the city H5892 he took H3947 one H259 official H5631 who H834 was overseer H6496 of the men H376 of war H4421, and five H2568 [fn]of the king’s H4428 advisers H582 H7200 who H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892; and the [fn]scribe H5608 of the captain H8269 of the army H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land H776; and sixty H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776 who were found H4672 in the city H5892.

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And the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 [fn]Ariel H740,

Even all H3605 who wage H6633 war H6633 against her and her stronghold H4685, and who distress H6693 her,

Will be like a dream H2472, a vision H2377 of the night H3915.

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It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is eating H398;

But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,

Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,

But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889

And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.

So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be

Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to me:

“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 his prey H2964,

Against H5921 which H834 a band H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out H7121,

And he will not be terrified H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 disturbed H6031 at their noise H1995,

So H3651 will the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill H1389.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He also took H3947 from the city H5892 one H259 official H5631 who H834 was overseer H6496 of the warriors H376 H4421, seven H7651 [fn]of the king’s H4428 advisers H582 H7200 who H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892, the scribe H5608 of the commander H8269 of the army H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land H776, and sixty H8346 men H376 from the people H5971 of the land H776 who were found H4672 inside H8432 the city H5892.

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Now this H2088 will be the plague H4046 with which H834 the LORD H3068 will strike H5062 all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 have gone H6633 to war H6633 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389; their flesh H1320 will rot H4743 while they stand H5975 on their feet H7272, and their eyes H5869 will rot H4743 in their sockets H2356, and their tongue H3956 will rot H4743 in their mouth H6310.

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