◄ 4756. stratia ►
Strong's Concordance stratia: an army Original Word: στρατιά, ᾶς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: stratia Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee'-ah) Short Definition: an army, host of angels Definition: an army; met: a host of angels, the hosts of heaven (i.e. the stars). HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4756 stratiá (from 4754 /strateúomai, "to fight as a soldier") – properly, an army, or any organized host (e.g. of angels, constellations, etc.). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4756: στρατιά στρατιά, 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.). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance army, host Feminine 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 Forms and Transliterations στρατια στρατιά στρατιᾷ στρατιαί στρατιάν στρατιας στρατιάς στρατιᾶς στρατιών stratia stratiā̂i stratias stratiâs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4756 2 Occurrences στρατιᾷ — 1 Occ. στρατιᾶς — 1 Occ. Luke 2:13 N-GFS GRK: ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων NAS: of the heavenly host praising KJV: of the heavenly host praising INT: angel a multitude of [the] host heavenly praising Acts 7:42 N-DFS GRK: λατρεύειν τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ NAS: them up to serve the host of heaven; KJV: to worship the host of heaven; INT: to serve the host of heaven 2 Occurrences