DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Host

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192exact KJV occurrences 188Old Testament 4New Testament 23books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 189occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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Numbers

27 occurrences in 27 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where host appears.

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

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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.

HebrewH6635

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'

98 times translated as this KJV form483 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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).

Other KJV renderings

hosts 291 war 41 armies 22 army 7 service 5 battle 5 of hosts 3 warfare 2

Strong's first: Genesis 21:22Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:5

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HebrewH4264

מַחֲנֶה

machăneh · makh-an-eh'

57 times translated as this KJV form216 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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.

Other KJV renderings

camp 129 camps 7 company 5 tents 5 hosts 4 armies 4 bands 2 drove 1

Strong's first: Genesis 32:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 1:24

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HebrewH2428

חַיִל

chayil · khah'-yil

28 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

army 52 valour 37 forces 14 valiant 13 strength 12 riches 11 wealth 10 power 9

Strong's first: Exodus 14:4Strong's last: Psalms 136:15

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GreekG4756

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

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HebrewH2426

חֵיל

chêyl · khale

2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment

Strong's KJV usage: army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.

Other KJV renderings

rampart 2 trench 1 wall 1 poor 1 walls 1 bulwarks 1 army 1

Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:17Strong's last: Obadiah 1:20

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GreekG3581

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

strangers 6 a stranger 4 strange 2 thing 1

Strong's first: Romans 16:23Strong's last: Romans 16:23

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GreekG3830

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

to the host 1

Strong's first: Luke 10:35Strong's last: Luke 10:35

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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192 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Judges 4:15

H4264

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

Judges 4:16

H4264

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

Judges 4:16

H4264

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

Judges 7:1

H4264

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Judges 7:8

H4264

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

Judges 7:9

H4264

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

Judges 7:10

H4264

But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

Judges 7:11

H4264

And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

Judges 7:11

H4264

Judges 7:13

H4264

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judges 7:14

H4264

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

Judges 7:15

H4264

And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Judges 7:15

H4264

Judges 7:21

H4264

And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

Judges 7:22

H4264

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

Judges 7:22

H4264

Judges 8:11

H4264

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

Judges 8:11

H4264

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

Judges 8:12

H4264

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

1 Samuel 11:11

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.

1 Samuel 12:9

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.

1 Samuel 14:15

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.

1 Samuel 14:19

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.

1 Samuel 14:48

H2428

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

1 Samuel 14:50

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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