Sabaoth
[ sab-ee-oth, -awth, sab-ey-, suh-bey-ohth ]
/ ˈsæb iˌɒθ, -ˌɔθ, ˈsæb eɪ-, səˈbeɪ oʊθ /
noun (used with a plural verb)
armies; hosts. Rom. 9:29; James 5:4.
Origin of Sabaoth
1275–1325; < Hebrew
ṣəbhāʾōth, plural of
ṣābhā army
Example sentences from the Web for sabaoth
I am informed that the second word Mitzoveh may stand for 'from Sabaoth'.
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge |Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSacred and inspired divinity, the sabaoth and port of all men's labours and peregrinations.
Familiar Quotations |John Bartlett
British Dictionary definitions for sabaoth
Sabaoth
/ (sæˈbeɪɒθ, ˈsæbeɪɒθ) /
noun
Bible
hosts, armies (esp in the phrase the Lord of Sabaoth in Romans 9:29)
Word Origin for Sabaoth
C14: via Latin and Greek from Hebrew
ç'bāōth, from
çābā