Sabaoth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sabaoth
1300–50; from Late Latin Sabaōth, from Greek Sabaṓth, from Hebrew ṣəbhāʾōth, plural of ṣābhā “army”
Example Sentences
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And thus these terrestriall furies spend the Sabaoth day.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.
He is called Dominus Sabaoth, that is 'Lord of an army,' or 'Lord of Hosts.'
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Some heard with attention, and united with agonizing earnestness in the petition, which, as it ascended from her lips, sounded like a seraph's pleading, and surely reached the ear of the Lord God of Sabaoth.
From Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire by Herbert, Mary E.
The Divine voice is heard calling to God's 'hosts,' the idea suggested by the title 'Jehovah Sabaoth.'
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
He had, by sheer violence, dragged peace for a stricken soul from the closely-guarded treasury of the Lord of Sabaoth.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
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