Army
στρατιάStrong’s G4756stratia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Stratia is the Greek word usually translated “host”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,”
Meaning
Usually translated “host”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of host 1
- host 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
στρατιά stratia · army
στρατιά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for צָבָא ;] 1. = στρατός, an army, a host: of angels (3Ki.22:19, al.), Luk.2:13; of the stars of heaven (Jer.8:2, 2Ch.33:3), Act.7:42. 2. As sometimes in cl. (poët.), = στρατεία: 2Co.10:4, T (WH, RV, στρατεία).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “army” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
'ARMY, noun
- A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, under proper officers.
- A great number; a vast multitude; as an army of locusts or caterpillars. Joel 2:25
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.