G4756: στρατιά
stratiá · “army”
Definition
from the base of G4766 (στρώννυμι), as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. an army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries
KJV translates it as: host
Word origin: feminine of a derivative of (an army;
Extended definition
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)
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4756 is translated
- of the host ×1
- host ×1
Bible verses with G4756 (stratiá)
Stratiá appears in 2 verses.
- Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- 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?