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Gematria of Army

9 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “army” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 1,014 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.

Hebrew equivalents
9
Occurrences
1,014
Distinct values
7

The 9 Hebrew words rendered “army”

The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.

צָבָאtsâbâʼ×485 in the TanakhH6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

Standard 93 →Gadol 93Katan 12Siduri (ordinal) 21Atbash 705Perati 8,105Milui 627

First appearance ·Genesis 2:1בראשית ב:אצְבָאָֽם

See all 78 occurrences of the spelling צבא →

חַיִלchayil×233 in the TanakhH2428

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Standard 48 →Gadol 48Katan 12Siduri (ordinal) 30Atbash 120Perati 1,064Milui 512

First appearance ·Genesis 34:29בראשית לד:כטחֵילָם

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מַחֲנֶהmachăneh×216 in the TanakhH4264

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)

Standard 103 →Gadol 103Katan 22Siduri (ordinal) 40Atbash 169Perati 4,189Milui 610

First appearance ·Genesis 32:3בראשית לב:גמַחֲנֵה

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גְּדוּדgᵉdûwd×33 in the TanakhH1416

a crowd (especially of soldiers)

Standard 17 →Gadol 17Katan 17Siduri (ordinal) 17Atbash 480Perati 77Milui 964

First appearance ·Genesis 49:19בראשית מט:יטגְּדוּד

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מַעֲרָכָהmaʻărâkâh×19 in the TanakhH4634

an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array

Standard 335 →Gadol 335Katan 20Siduri (ordinal) 65Atbash 140Perati 46,925Milui 826

First appearance ·Exodus 39:37שמות לט:לזהַמַּֽעֲרָכָה

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חֵילchêyl×18 in the TanakhH2426

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

Standard 48 →Gadol 48Katan 12Siduri (ordinal) 30Atbash 120Perati 1,064Milui 512

First appearance ·2 Samuel 8:9שמואל ב ח:טחֵיל

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חַיִלchayil×7 in the TanakhH2429

an army, or strength

Standard 48 →Gadol 48Katan 12Siduri (ordinal) 30Atbash 120Perati 1,064Milui 512

First appearance ·Daniel 3:4דניאל ג:דבְחָיִל

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מַצָּבָהmatstsâbâh×2 in the TanakhH4675

a military guard

Standard 137 →Gadol 137Katan 20Siduri (ordinal) 38Atbash 405Perati 9,729Milui 602

First appearance ·1 Samuel 14:12שמואל א יד:יבהַמַּצָּבָה

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מַעֲרָהmaʻărâh×1 in the TanakhH4630

an open spot

Standard 315 →Gadol 315Katan 18Siduri (ordinal) 54Atbash 110Perati 46,525Milui 726

First appearance ·1 Samuel 17:23שמואל א יז:כגממערות

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What is the gematria of army?

The Tanakh renders “army” with 9 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: צבא = 93, חיל = 48, מחנה = 103, and 4 more.

How do you say army in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 9 Hebrew words for “army”; the most frequent are צבא (tsâbâʼ), 485 times; חיל (chayil), 258 times; מחנה (machăneh), 216 times. Every one is listed on this page.

The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.