Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural Hosts; armies.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Scripture, armies; hosts: used as part of a title of God.
  • Same as Sabbath.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural Armies; hosts.
  • noun plural Incorrectly, the Sabbath.

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  • noun religion, biblical hosts; armies

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin sabaoth, from Greek sabaōth, from Hebrew ṣəbā’ôt, pl. of ṣābā’, army, from ṣābā’, to wage war; see ṣ́bℵ in Semitic roots.]

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From Latin, from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ, from Hebrew צבאות (ts'va'oth), plural of צבא (tsava)

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