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.).
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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