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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen[fn] and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:28 - This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - But the officials of Sukkoth said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived, he was told that Abner son of Ner had come to the king and that the king had sent him away and that he had gone in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David rested with his ancestors and that Joab the commander of the army was also dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with a captive and said, ‘Guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life, or you must pay a talent[fn] of silver.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8 - On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5 - In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 - “But I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORD and who also swear by Molek,[fn]
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