Sabaoth
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sabaoth in British English:
UK [sæˈbeiɔθ,ˈsæbeiɔθ]
How to pronounce Sabaoth in American English:
US [ˈsæbeˌɑθ, səˈbeˌoθ]
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- Noun:
- (plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament
Word Origin
- Sabaoth (n.)
- early 14c., from Late Latin, from Greek Sabaoth, rendering Hebrew tzebhaoth "hosts, armies," plural of tzabha "army," from tzaba "he waged war, he served." A word translated in English in the Old Testament by the phrase "the Lord of Hosts," but originally left untranslated in the New Testament and in the "Te Deum" in the designation Lord of Sabaoth; often confused with sabbath.
Example
- 1. Calling yourselves after the holy city , and relying on the god of israel whose name is yahweh sabaoth .
- 2. The vineyard of yahweh sabaoth is the people of israel , and the men of judah are his pleasant vine .
- 3. Seek good and not evil so that you may survive , and yahweh , god sabaoth , be with you as you claim he is .
- 4. For israel and judah have not been forgotten by their god , yahweh sabaoth , though their land is guilt-ridden before the holy one of israel .
- 5. It will be a sign and a remembrance of yahweh sabaoth in the land of egypt , so that they may call to him when they are oppressed , and he will send a savior to defend and deliver them .