Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to serve
Usage: 1) to go forth, wage war, fight, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wage war, fight, go forth to war 1a2) to serve (at sacred tent) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to go forth, muster
Tsaba means “assemble” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6633 צָּבָא (tsaba') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tsaba' (tsaw-baw') v. 1. to mass (an army or servants) [a primitive root] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include fight, mustered, perform, wait, and upon. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tsaba' (tsaw-baw') v. 1. to mass (an army or servants) [a primitive root] KJV: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
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to serve
Usage: 1) to go forth, wage war, fight, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wage war, fight, go forth to war 1a2) to serve (at sacred tent) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to go forth, muster
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tsaba', 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.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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.
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12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6633.
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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Tsaba (Strong's H6633) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "assemble". tsaba' (tsaw-baw') v. 1. to mass (an army or servants) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H6633 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6633 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fight, mustered, perform, wait, and upon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.