Sábaoth

Sábaoth n.

noun

Sá-ba-oth · /ˈsa.ba.ɔt/

hosts, armies

A Hebrew word taken into Latin unchanged and never declined; a plural, “armies” — the armies of heaven. The Vulgate translates it at Is 6:3 (“Deus exercítuum”); the liturgical books keep the Hebrew.

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