KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:1
Complete exact-word concordance
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heauenly hoste praising God, and saying,
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
And on the morrow when he departed, hee tooke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and saide vnto him, Take care of him, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come againe I will repay thee.
1611 marginal noteSee Matt. 20.2.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Army.
One who entertains another at his own house, without reward. One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.
An army; a number of men embodied for war. Any great number or multitude.
