SABAOTH

A Hebrew word, signifying hosts or armies. It occurs in the New Testament as a designation of the.Almighty (the Lord of Sabaoth). SABASIA. * In ancient'Mythology, festivals in honour of various divinities, entitled Sabasii; the origin of which term is not clear. Mithras, the sun, is called Sab as i us in ancient monuments, whence the word seems to have some connection with the root of Sabaism (see above); but Bacchus was also thus denominated, according to some, from the Sabae, a people of Thrace: and the nocturnal Sabasia were celebrated in his name. Jupiter Sabnsius is thought to be the same as JEgiochus; the Phoenician word tsebaoth signifying kids, as the Greek aj| a goat. But there is, probably, some more general oriental meaning, which has not vet been reached. [s. 1085]