Redirected from ϲαβα, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΣΑΒΑ, σαβα
SABA, saba
Sounds Like: SAH-bah
Translations: Saba, Sabaoth, hosts, armies
From the root: ΣΑΒΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Noun
Explanation: This word is a transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning 'hosts' or 'armies'. It is often used in the phrase 'Lord of Sabaoth' (Κύριος Σαβαώθ), referring to God as the Lord of the heavenly armies or the armies of Israel. It functions as an indeclinable noun, meaning its form does not change based on case, gender, or number.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G4519 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:84
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:98
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 10:7
- 1 Kings — 4:3, 10:1, 10:4, 10:10, 10:13
- 1 Chronicles — 8:1
- 2 Chronicles — 9:1, 9:3, 9:9, 9:12
- Psalms — 71:10
- Isaiah — 60:6
- Jeremiah — 6:20
- Ezekiel — 27:22, 38:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΒΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΑΒΑʼ — 204
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