DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Hosts

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

299exact KJV occurrences 299Old Testament 0New Testament 21books containing the word 3mapped Strong's IDs 299occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 12:41

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Jeremiah

83 occurrences in 82 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where hosts appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Exodus 11 verses Numbers 33 verses Joshua 22 verses Judges 21 verses 1 Samuel 55 verses 2 Samuel 66 verses 1 Kings 55 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 33 verses Psalms 1818 verses Isaiah 6260 verses Jeremiah 8382 verses Hosea 11 verses Amos 99 verses Micah 11 verses Nahum 22 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 22 verses Haggai 1412 verses Zechariah 5346 verses Malachi 2424 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'

294 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

host 98 war 41 armies 22 army 7 service 5 battle 5 of hosts 3 warfare 2

Strong's first: Exodus 12:41Strong's last: Malachi 4:3

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HebrewH4264

מַחֲנֶה

machăneh · makh-an-eh'

4 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 host 57 camps 7 company 5 tents 5 armies 4 bands 2 drove 1

Strong's first: Joshua 10:5Strong's last: Judges 8:10

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HebrewH2428

חַיִל

chayil · khah'-yil

1 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 host 28 forces 14 valiant 13 strength 12 riches 11 wealth 10

Strong's first: 1 Kings 15:20Strong's last: 1 Kings 15:20

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Haggai 1:2

H6635

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.

Haggai 1:5

H6635

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:7

H6635

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:9

H6635

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Haggai 1:14

H6635

And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

Haggai 2:4

H6635

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

Haggai 2:6

H6635

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

Haggai 2:7

H6635

And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:8

H6635

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:9

H6635

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:9

H6635

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:11

H6635

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

Haggai 2:23

H6635

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:23

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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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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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