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σαβαώθStrong’s G4519

sabaōth

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sabaōth is the Greek word usually translated “hosts”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
Romans 9:29 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “hosts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • of hosts 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • James 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

σαβαώθ sabaōth · hosts

σαβαώθ indecl., [in LXX for צָבָא, chiefly in Isaiah (in other places, the phrase is also rendered by κύριος παντοκράτωρ, κ. τῶν δυνάμεων; see DB, iii, 137 f.) ;] Sabaoth, i.e. hosts or armies (see DB, l.with): Rom.9:29 (LXX), Ja 54.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “host” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HOST, noun

[Latin hostis, a stranger, an enemy, probably of the same family. See Hospitable.]

  1. One who entertains another at his own house, without reward.
  2. One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.
  3. A guest; one who is entertained at the house of another.
All definitions and other forms of “host”

    HOST, noun

    [Latin hostis, a stranger, an enemy.]

    The sense is probably transferred from a single foe to an army of foes.]

    1. An army; a number of men embodied for war.
    2. Any great number or multitude.

    HOST, noun

    [Latin hostia, a victim or sacrifice, from hostis, an enemy.]

      HOST, verb intransitive

      To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Little used.]

        HOST, verb transitive

        To give entertainment to. [Not used.]

          Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

          Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.