Strong's Lexicon
G4519 — σαβαώθ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4519 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σαβαώθ |
| Part of Speech: | Hebrew |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H6635 in feminine plural) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | sabaoth |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sab-ah-owth' |
| Meaning: | 1. armies 2. sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God |
| KJV Renderings: | sabaoth |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σαβαώθ (Hebrew öÀáÈàåú, plural of öÈáÈà, an army): κύριος σαβαώθ (φΐαΘΰεϊ éÀäåÈä) (A. V. Lord of Sabaoth), i. e. lord of the armies namely, of Israel, as those who under the leadership and protection of Jehovah maintain his cause in war (cf. Schrader, Ueber d. ursprngl. Sinn des Gottesnamens Jahve Zebaoth, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol. for 1875, p. 316ff, and in Schenkel see 702f; cf. Herm. Schultz, Alttest. Theol. ii., p. 96ff; (B. D. under the word , the Lord of. But for the other view, according to which the heavenly hosts arc referred to, see Hackett in B. D., American edition, under the phrase, , Lord of, and Delitzsch in the Luth. Zeitschr. for 1874, pp. 217ff; so Riehm (HWB, under the word Zebaoth) as respects the use of the sphrase by the prophets). On the diverse interpretations of the word cf. Oehler in Herzog xviii., p. 400ff (and in his O. T. Theol. (edited by Day) § 195f; cf. T. K. Cheyne, Isaiah, edition 3 vol. i. 11f)): Rom 9:29; Jas 5:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σαβαώθ (sabaoth)
Romans 9:29
- KJV: 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
- GK: και καθώς προείρηκεν Ησαϊας ει κύριος σαβαώθ εγκατέλιπεν ημίν σπέρμα ως Σόδομα αν εγενήθημεν και ως Γόμορρα αν ωμοιώθημεν
James 5:4
- KJV: Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud crieth and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
- GK: ιδού ο μισθός των εργατών των αμησάντων τας χώρας υμών ο απεστερημένος αφ΄ υμών κράζει και αι βοαί των θερισάντων εις τα ώτα κυρίου σαβαώθ εισεληλύθασιν