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Lexicon :: Strong's G4756 - stratia

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στρατιά
Transliteration
stratia (Key)
Pronunciation
strat-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of stratos (an army from the base of στρωννύω (G4766), as encamped)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:701,1091

Strong’s Definitions

στρατιά stratiá, strat-ee'-ah; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4756 in the following manner: host (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4756 in the following manner: host (2x).

  1. an army, band of soldiers

  2. in the NT, the hosts of heaven

    1. troops of angels

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρατιά stratiá, strat-ee'-ah; 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.
STRONGS G4756:
στρατιά, στρατιᾶς, ἡ (στρατός (cf. στρατεύω)), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. for צָבָא;
1. an army, band of soldiers.
2. sometimes in the poets equivalent to στρατεία, as Aristophanes eqq. 587 (ἐν στρατιαις τέ καί μάχαις), 2 Corinthians 10:4 Tdf. after the best manuscripts ((see his note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II.); Passow, under the word στρατεία, at the end).
3. in the N. T. ἡ οὐράνιος στρατιά, or ἡ στρατιά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Hebrew הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא), the host of heaven (see δύναμις, f.), i. e.
a. troops of angels (1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6): Luke 2:13.
b. the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order): Acts 7:42 (2 Chronicles 33:3, 5; Jeremiah 8:2, etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
22:19
2 Chronicles
33:3; 33:5
Nehemiah
9:6
Jeremiah
8:2
Luke
2:13
Acts
7:42
2 Corinthians
10:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4756 matches the Greek στρατιά (stratia),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Beel-sepphon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - And lo! I will harden the heart of Pharao and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharao, and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:28 - These are the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - And the princes of Socchoth said, [fn]Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - And Joab the son of Saruia was over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud was keeper of the records.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - And it happened, that while David was utterly destroying Edom, while Joab captain of the host was going to bury the dead, when they slew every male in Idumæa;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - And Ader heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Ader said to Pharao, Let me go, and I will return to my country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people heard in the [fn]army, saying, Zambri has conspired and smitten the king: and the people [fn]of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - (LXX 21:39) And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought another man to me, and said to me, Keep this man; and if he should by any means escape, then thy [fn]life shall go for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And Michaias said, Not so, it is not I: hear the word of the Lord; it is not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - (LXX 12:15) These were chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - (LXX 12:22) And they fought on the side of David against a troop, for they were all men of might; and they were commanders in the army, because of their might.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - (LXX 12:24) And these are the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - And Joab the son of Saruia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud was recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8 - And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings to war, that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabba and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the chief men of the courses of attendance on the person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and of all the king's property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and he went himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that was in Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - And he returned and built the high places, which his father Ezekias had pulled down, and set up images to Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5 - And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses, wherein they burnt incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to strange gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 - But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
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