Words the Bible translates as almighty
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
+3 more meanings
- the host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
- pantokratōrπαντοκράτωρruler of all: God as the one who actually holds every power and every event in his control
- shaddayשַׁדַּיthe Almighty: a name for God that points to his overwhelming might and power.
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