σαβαώθ (Hebrew צְבָאות, plural of צָבָא, an army): κύριοςσαβαώθ (צְבָאותיְהוָה) (A. V. Lord of Sabaoth), i. e. lord of the armies namely, of Israel, as those who under the leadership and protection of Jehovah maintain his cause in war (cf. Schrader, Ueber d. ursprüngl. Sinn des Gottesnamens Jahve Zebaoth, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol. for 1875, p. 316ff, and in Schenkel see 702f; cf. Herm. Schultz, Alttest. Theol. ii., p. 96ff; (B. D. under the word , the Lord of. But for the other view, according to which the heavenly hosts arc referred to, see Hackett in B. D., American edition, under the phrase, , Lord of, and Delitzsch in the Luth. Zeitschr. for 1874, pp. 217ff; so Riehm (HWB, under the word Zebaoth) as respects the use of the sphrase by the prophets). On the diverse interpretations of the word cf. Oehler in Herzog xviii., p. 400ff (and in his O. T. Theol. (edited by Day) § 195f; cf. T. K. Cheyne, Isaiah, edition 3 vol. i. 11f)): Romans 9:29; James 5:4.
Romans 9:29 - Heb GRK:μὴ Κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν NAS: THE LORD OF SABAOTH HAD LEFT KJV: Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us INT: not [the] Lord of Hosts had left us
James 5:4 - Heb GRK:ὦτα Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ εἰσεληλύθασιν NAS: the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. KJV: the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. INT: ears of [the] Lord of Hosts have entered
