G4756

στρατιά

stratia

Feminine noun · From a derivative of stratos (an army from the base of στρωννύω (G4766), as encamped)

Feminine of a derivative of στρατός stratós (an army; from the base of G4766, as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. an army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries:—host.

Outline

an army, band of soldiers
in the NT, the hosts of heaven

troops of angels
the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order)

Usages

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

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Acts 7:42

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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