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host

Meaning of “host”

Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
192 occurrences179 verses23 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:1

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Acts 7:42
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Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 7:42 · retained source text

Then God turned, and gaue them vp to worship the hoste of heauen, as it is written in the booke of the Prophets, O ye house of Israel, haue ye offered to me slaine beasts, and sacrifices, by the space of fourty yeeres in the wildernesse?

1611 marginal noteAmos 5.25.

Complete reference index — all 179 verses
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Where “host” appears

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Genesis4 occurrences
4 versesExodus7 occurrences
6 versesNumbers27 occurrences
27 versesDeuteronomy5 occurrences
5 versesJoshua6 occurrences
6 versesJudges20 occurrences
15 verses1 Samuel13 occurrences
13 verses2 Samuel15 occurrences
14 verses1 Kings13 occurrences
12 verses2 Kings20 occurrences
19 verses1 Chronicles18 occurrences
17 verses2 Chronicles15 occurrences
15 versesNehemiah2 occurrences
1 versePsalms4 occurrences
4 versesIsaiah6 occurrences
5 versesJeremiah5 occurrences
5 versesEzekiel1 occurrence
1 verseDaniel5 occurrences
4 versesObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseLuke2 occurrences
2 versesActs1 occurrence
1 verseRomans1 occurrence
1 verse

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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One who entertains another at his own house, without reward. One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.

volume 1, leaf 923 (receiver noun entry)

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

An army; a number of men embodied for war. Any great number or multitude.

volume 1, leaf 923 (army noun entry)