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Strong's #4756: stratia (pronounced strat-ee'-ah)

feminine of a derivative of stratos (an army; from the base of 4766, as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. an army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries:--host.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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stratia

1) an army, band of soldiers

2) in the NT, the hosts of heaven

2a) troops of angels

2b) the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from a derivative of stratos (an army from the base of G4766, as encamped)

Citing in TDNT: 7:701, 1091




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Luke 2:13: "angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,"
Acts 7:42: "gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written"









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