Sabaoth
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
the transliteration of the Hebrew word tsebha ’ oth , meaning “hosts,” “armies” (Romans 9:29; James 5:4). In the LXX. the Hebrew word is rendered by “Almighty.” (See Revelation 4:8; comp. Isaiah 6:3.) It may designate Jehovah as either (1) God of the armies of earth, or (2) God of the armies of the stars, or (3) God of the unseen armies of angels; or perhaps it may include all these ideas.
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
sab'-a-oth, sa-ba'-oth.
See GOD, NAMES OF, III, 8; LORD OF HOSTS.