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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27 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
H6635
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
H6635
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
no direct Strong's tag
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
H6635
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
H6635
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
H6635
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
H6635
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
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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