Words the Bible translates as troops
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amעַםa people: a body of persons bound together as one community by shared descent, land, and loyalty
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- kinsman, blood relative: the members of one's own family or clan
- strateumaστράτευμαa body of armed men acting under one commander: an army in the field, or any smaller force of soldiers sent out at his order.
- speiraσπεῖραa cohort: a unit of the Roman army, several hundred soldiers serving under one commander
- aggaphאֲגַףa leader's own troops: the fighting companies massed with a named king or commander
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