Sabaoth

Sabaoth (săb'āoth, –ōth, sābā'uth) [key], Hebrew term used in the New Testament (Rom. 9.29; James 5.4) and in Christian hymns (e.g., Sanctus and Te Deum) in the title of God, translated in the Bible as “Lord of Hosts” (Isa. 1.9).

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