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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 Box Exo 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - “And I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - “And as for Me, behold, I will [fn]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:28 - [fn]This was the order of marching for the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - “And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - But the leaders of Succoth said, “[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they informed Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has let him go on his way, and he has gone in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For it came about, when David was in Edom and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had struck and killed every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David [fn]lay down with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, so that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people who were camped heard [fn]it being said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck and killed the king!” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - And as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he goes missing, then your life shall be forfeited in place of his life, or else you shall pay a [fn]talent of silver.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 -

And Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the [fn]angels of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These men from the sons of Gad were [fn]captains of the army; the one who was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest, to a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all valiant mighty men, and were captains in the army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 -

Now these are the numbers of the [fn]divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the [fn]word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8 - When David heard about it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Then it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 -

Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, all the valiant warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 -

After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was [fn]besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; he also set up altars for the Baals and made [fn]Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly [fn]lights and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5 - He built altars for all the heavenly [fn]lights in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 -

“You alone are the LORD.

You have made the heavens,

The heaven of heavens with all their [fn]lights,

The earth and everything that is on it,

The seas and everything that is in them.

You give life to all of them,

And the heavenly [fn]lights bow down before You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - “They will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the heavenly [fn]lights, which they have loved, which they have served, which they have followed, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned [fn]sacrifices to all the heavenly [fn]lights and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 -

Yet I have been the LORD your God

Since the land of Egypt;

And you were not to know any god except Me,

For there is no savior besides Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 -

“And those who bow down on the housetops to the heavenly [fn]lights,

And those who bow down and swear to the LORD, but also swear by [fn]Milcom,

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