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 his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fourtie and one thousand, and fiue hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fiftie and three thousand, and foure hundred.
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
From thirty yeeres old and vpward, euen vntil fifty yeres old, all that enter into the hoste, to doe the worke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
¶ In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
¶ In the first place went the standerd of the campe of the children of Iudah, according to their armies, and ouer his hoste was Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab.
1611 marginal noteChap. 2.3.
1611 marginal noteChap. 1.7.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
And ouer the hoste of the tribe of the children of Issachar, was Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
And ouer the hoste of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, was Eliab the sonne of Helon.
¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
¶ And the standerd of the campe of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and ouer his hoste was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
And ouer the hoste of the tribe of the children of Simeon, was Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
And ouer the hoste of the tribe of the children of Gad, was Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.
¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
¶ And the standerd of the campe of the children of Ephraim set forward, according to their armies, and ouer his hoste was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.
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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.
