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Strong's G4519 σαβαώθ (sabaoth)

sabaoth - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4519 — menashsheh (“Manasseh”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4519
Language Greek
Linked Usages 63
Books 8

Strong's G4519 Quick Answer

Strong's G4519 σαβαώθ (sabaoth) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sabaoth (sab-ah-owth') heb. 1. armies 2. sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God It has 63 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include sabaoth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sabaoth (sab-ah-owth') heb. 1. armies 2. sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God
Usage
63 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sabaoth

Meaning and Definition

sabaoth (sab-ah-owth') heb. 1. armies 2. sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God [of Hebrew origin (H6635 in feminine plural)] KJV: sabaoth Root(s): H6635

Original Word
σαβαώθ
Transliteration
sabaoth
Derivation
Root: צָּבָא צֶּבָאָה R1: 6635
Morphology
Hebrew

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4519. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

hosts

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4519 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sabaoth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Sabaoth Romans 9:29

How Strong's G4519 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 60 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4519 (σαβαώθ) appears 62 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4519 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4519 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

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.

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.

Strong's G4519 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

60 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Joshua 6:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Rahab the harlot, and all things in her house.

1 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Ramah, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Shiloh: and there were Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord.

1 Kingdoms 1:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou wilt indeed look upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and give to thy handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.

Strong's G4519 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 9:46 Septuagint / Brenton

And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Ezra blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.

Usage Excerpts

First 63 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4519.

Joshua 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Rahab the harlot, and all things in her house.
1 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Ramah, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Shiloh: and there were Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou wilt indeed look upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and give to thy handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.
1 Kingdoms 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.
1 Kingdoms 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalek did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
1 Kingdoms 17:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied
4 Kingdoms 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.
Isaiah 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like to Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.
Isaiah 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and haughty, and upon everyone that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;
Isaiah 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,
Isaiah 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Isaiah 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.
Isaiah 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.
Isaiah 5:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore as stubble shall be burned by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 5:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.
Isaiah 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.
Isaiah 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Isaiah 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
Isaiah 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonor upon thine honor, and burning fire shall be kindled upon thy glory.
Isaiah 10:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Be not afraid, my people who dwell in Zion, of the Assyrians, because he shall smite thee with a rod: for I am bringing a stroke upon thee, that thou mayest see the way of Egypt.
Isaiah 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:
Isaiah 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a warlike nation,
Isaiah 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.
Isaiah 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus saith the Lord.
Isaiah 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so the matter shall remain:
Isaiah 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people afflicted and peeled, and from a people great from henceforth and forever; a nation hoping and yet trodden down, which is in a part of a river of his land, to the place where is the name of the Lord of hosts, the Mount Zion.
Isaiah 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver Egypt into the hands of men, of cruel lords; and cruel kings shall rule over them: thus saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 19:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Where are now thy wise men? and let them declare to thee, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?
Isaiah 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in that day the Egyptians shall be as women, in fear and in trembling because of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall bring upon them.
Isaiah 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance.
Isaiah 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts which the God of Israel has declared to us.
Isaiah 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and there is perplexity sent from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the Valley of Zion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
Isaiah 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 22:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
Isaiah 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Shebna the treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?
Isaiah 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy such a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,
Isaiah 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
Isaiah 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
Isaiah 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Canaan, to destroy the strength thereof.
Isaiah 25:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine:
Isaiah 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord of hosts shall be the crown of hope, the woven crown of glory, to the remnant of the people.
Isaiah 28:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.
Isaiah 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.
Isaiah 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the Lord of hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.
Isaiah 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awestruck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the Mount Zion, even upon her mountains.
Isaiah 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubs, thou alone art the God of every kingdom of the world: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 37:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
Isaiah 39:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaiah said to him, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
Isaiah 44:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 45:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have raised him up to be a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 45:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has labored for thee; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
Isaiah 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy deliverer is the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel is his name.
Isaiah 48:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;
Isaiah 51:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for I am thy God, that troubles the sea, and causes the waves thereof to roar: the Lord of hosts is my name.
Isaiah 54:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is the Lord that made thee; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered thee, he is the God of Israel, and shall be called so by the whole earth.
Jeremiah 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
Romans 9:29 New Testament, 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.
James 5:4 New Testament, 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.
1 Esdras 9:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Ezra blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4519, grouped by book.

Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 52 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4519 FAQ

What does sabaoth (σαβαώθ) mean?

Sabaoth (Strong's G4519) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sabaoth". sabaoth (sab-ah-owth') heb. 1. armies 2. sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God

How many times is sabaoth (σαβαώθ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 63 linked usages for Strong's G4519 across 8 books.

Where can I study sabaoth (σαβαώθ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4519 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate sabaoth (σαβαώθ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sabaoth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4519 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 60 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4519, with linked reader references where each row is available.