Original Language Studio
Numbers 2:4
“And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צָבָאtsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
H6635 · Hebrew
H6635 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- Derivation
- or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633 (צָבָא);
- KJV renderings
- appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- צְבָא֖ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 487 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:1Genesis 21:22Genesis 21:32Genesis 26:26Exodus 6:26
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָבָא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.