Category:Sabaoth

Sab"a*oth (sâb"ay*ôth or sa"ba*ôth; 277), n. pl. Etym: [heb. Tseba'oth, pl. of tsaba', an army or host, fr. tsaba', to go forth to War.]

1. Armies; hosts.

Note: [used twice in the english bible, in the phrase "the lord of Sabaoth."]

2. Incorrectly, the sabbath.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Sabaoth - The transliteration of the Hebrew word tsebha'oth, meaning "hosts," "armies" (Romans 9:29; James 5:4). In the LXX. the Hebrew word is rendered by "Almighty." (See Revelation 4:8; compare Isaiah 6:3.) It may designate Jehovah as either (1.) God of the armies of earth, or (2.) God of the armies of the stars, or (3.) God of the unseen armies of angels; or perhaps it may include all these ideas.