Stratiá — G4756

Definition

feminine noun

from the base of

1. an army, band of soldiers
2. sometimes in the poets equivalent to στρατεία, as Aristophanes eqq. 587 (ἐν στρατιαις τέ καί μάχαις)
3. in the N. T. ἡ οὐράνιος στρατιά, or ἡ στρατιά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Hebrew הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא), the host of heaven , i. e
1. troops of angels
2. the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order)

Usually translated as

host

Origin

feminine of a derivative of stratós (an army

• strṓnnymi (G4766)

Occurrences

Stratiá occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Acts (1)

• Luke 2:13 — And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host (στρατιᾶς) praising God, and saying,
• Acts 7:42 — Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host (στρατιᾷ) 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?