Words the Bible translates as host
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsavaצָבָאthe host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
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- an army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
- maḥanehמַחֲנֶהan encampment: a body of people gathered in one place, whether an army in the field or a traveling community at rest
- xenosξένοςa host: the person who takes a stranger in and provides lodging and welcome
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- a stranger or foreigner: a person who is outside the community, family, or homeland where they find themselves
- strange or foreign: unfamiliar, coming from outside, not what one is used to
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
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- to strike someone as strange or startling; or, of a person, to be taken aback by something unfamiliar.
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
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- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength in action: force brought to bear, whether against people, in a fighter's body, or in a voice raised to a shout
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- an army: the armed men a ruler commands, his strength counted out in bodies
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