Exodus 6:26
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
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Revelation 19:19
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
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13 occurrences in 13 verses.
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צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
22 times translated as this KJV form483 total Strong's occurrences
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed time, ( ) army, ( ) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Strong's first: Exodus 6:26Strong's last: Isaiah 34:2
Open full H6635 profile →מַעֲרָכָה
maʻărâkâh · mah-ar-aw-kaw'
7 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
Strong's KJV usage: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:8Strong's last: 1 Samuel 23:3
Open full H4634 profile →חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil
4 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Strong's KJV usage: able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
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Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:23Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 16:4
Open full H2428 profile →מַחֲנֶה
machăneh · makh-an-eh'
4 times translated as this KJV form216 total Strong's occurrences
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
Strong's KJV usage: army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:1Strong's last: Song of Solomon 6:13
Open full H4264 profile →στράτευμα
stráteuma · strat'-yoo-mah
3 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
an armament, i.e. (by implication) a body of troops (more or less extensive or systematic)
Strong's KJV usage: :--army, soldier, man of war.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 22:7Strong's last: Revelation 19:19
Open full G4753 profile →παρεμβολή
parembolḗ · par-em-bol-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), i.e. (specially), battle-array, encampment or barracks (tower Antonia)
Strong's KJV usage: :--army, camp, castle.
Strong's first: Hebrews 11:34Strong's last: Hebrews 11:34
Open full G3925 profile →στρατόπεδον
stratópedon · strat-op'-ed-on
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a camping-ground, i.e. (by implication) a body of troops
Strong's KJV usage: :--army.
Strong's first: Luke 21:20Strong's last: Luke 21:20
Open full G4760 profile →גְּדוּד
gᵉdûwd · ghed-ood'
1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
a crowd (especially of soldiers)
Strong's KJV usage: army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).
Strong's first: Job 25:3Strong's last: Job 25:3
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H4264
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
H4634
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
H4634
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
H4634
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
H4634
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
H4634
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
H4634
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
H4634
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
H4264
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
H4264
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
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army
'ARMY, noun
1. A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, under proper officers. In general, an army in modern times consists of infantry and cavalry, with artillery; although the union of all is not essential to the constitution of an army Among savages, armies are differently formed.
2. 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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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