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

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

Isaiah 29:6

H6635

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Isaiah 31:4

H6635

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

Isaiah 31:5

H6635

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Isaiah 37:16

H6635

O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 37:32

H6635

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

Isaiah 39:5

H6635

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

Isaiah 44:6

H6635

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Isaiah 45:13

H6635

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 47:4

H6635

As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 48:2

H6635

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 51:15

H6635

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 54:5

H6635

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

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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