King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4756
Transliteration: stratia
Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an army
Meaning: an army
στρατιά, στρατιᾶς, ἡ (στρατός (cf. στρατεύω)), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. for צָבָא;
Word Summary
stratia: an army
Original Word: στρατιάTransliteration: stratia
Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an army
Meaning: an army
Strong's Concordance
army, hostFeminine of a derivative of stratos (an army; from the base of stronnumi, as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. An army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries -- host.
see GREEK stronnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4756: στρατιάστρατιά, στρατιᾶς, ἡ (στρατός (cf. στρατεύω)), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. for צָבָא;
1. an army, band of soldiers.
2. sometimes in the poets equivalent to στρατεία, as Aristophanes eqq. 587 (ἐν στρατιαις τέ καί μάχαις), 2 Corinthians 10:4 Tdf. after the best manuscripts ((see his note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II.); Passow, under the word στρατεία, at the end).
3. in the N. T. ἡ οὐράνιος στρατιά, or ἡ στρατιά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Hebrew הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא), the host of heaven (see δύναμις, f.), i. e.
a. troops of angels (1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6): Luke 2:13.
b. the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order): Acts 7:42 (2 Chronicles 33:3, 5; Jeremiah 8:2, etc.).