Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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Host
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Romans 16:23
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
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27 occurrences in 27 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
44 verses
Exodus
76 verses
Numbers
2727 verses
Deuteronomy
55 verses
Joshua
66 verses
Judges
2015 verses
1 Samuel
1313 verses
2 Samuel
1514 verses
1 Kings
1312 verses
2 Kings
2019 verses
1 Chronicles
1817 verses
2 Chronicles
1515 verses
Nehemiah
21 verses
Psalms
44 verses
Isaiah
65 verses
Jeremiah
55 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Daniel
54 verses
Obadiah
11 verses
Zephaniah
11 verses
Luke
22 verses
Acts
11 verses
Romans
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
צָבָא
tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
98 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: Genesis 21:22Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:5
Open full H6635 profile →מַחֲנֶה
machăneh · makh-an-eh'
57 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: Genesis 32:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 1:24
Open full H4264 profile →חַיִל
chayil · khah'-yil
28 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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 14:4Strong's last: Psalms 136:15
Open full H2428 profile →στρατιά
stratiá · strat-ee'-ah
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
from the base of G4766, as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. an army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries
Strong's KJV usage: :--host.
Strong's first: Luke 2:13Strong's last: Acts 7:42
Open full G4756 profile →חֵיל
chêyl · khale
2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
Strong's KJV usage: army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:17Strong's last: Obadiah 1:20
Open full H2426 profile →ξένος
xénos · xen'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
Strong's KJV usage: :--host, strange(-r).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 16:23Strong's last: Romans 16:23
Open full G3581 profile →πανδοχεύς
pandocheús · pan-dokh-yoos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
an innkeeper (warden of a caravanserai)
Strong's KJV usage: :--host.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 10:35Strong's last: Luke 10:35
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H4264
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
H6635
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
H4264
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
H4264
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
H2428
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
H6635
And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
H2428
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
H4264
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
H6635
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
H6635
And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
H4264
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
H4264
Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
H4264
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
English meaning and historical usage.
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host
HOST, noun [Latin hostis, a stranger, an enemy, probably of the same family. See Hospitable.]
1. One who entertains another at his own house, without reward.
Homer never entertained guests or hosts with long speeches.
2. One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.
3. A guest; one who is entertained at the house of another. The innkeeper says of the traveler, he has a good host and the traveler says of his landlord, he has a kind host [See Guest.]
HOST, noun [Latin hostis, a stranger, an enemy.] The sense is probably transferred from a single foe to an army of foes.]
1. An army; a number of men embodied for war.
2. Any great number or multitude.
HOST, noun [Latin hostia, a victim or sacrifice, from hostis, an enemy.]
In the Romish church, the sacrifice of the mass, or the consecrated wafer, representing the body of Christ, or as the Catholics allege, transubstantiated into his own body.
HOST, verb intransitive To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Little used.]
HOST, verb transitive To give entertainment to. [Not used.]
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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