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hosts

Meaning of “hosts”

1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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299 occurrences286 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:41

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Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:9 · retained source text

Except the LORD of hostes had left vnto vs a very small remnant, we should haue beene as Sodom, and we should haue bene like vnto Gomorrah.

1611 marginal noteLam.3.22 rom. 9.29.

1611 marginal noteGen. 19.24.

Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 1:24 · retained source text

Therefore, saith the LORD, the LORD of hostes, the mighty one of Israel; Ah, I will ease me of mine aduersaries, and auenge me of mine enemies.

Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 2:12 · retained source text

For the day of the LORD of hostes shall bee vpon euery one that is proud and loftie, and vpon euery one that is lifted vp, and he shalbe brought low;

Isaiah 3:1
FOR, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
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1611 witness · Isaiah 3:1 · retained source text

¶ For behold, the LORD, the LORD of hostes doeth take away from Ierusalem, and from Iudah, the stay and the staffe, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 3:15 · retained source text

What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the LORD God of hosts?

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:7 · retained source text

For the Uineyard of the LORD of hostes is the house of Israel, and the men of Iudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for iudgement, but beholde oppression; for righteousnesse, but behold a crie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. plant of his pleasures.

1611 marginal noteHeb.a scab.

Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:9 · retained source text

In mine eares said the LORD of hostes, Of a trueth many houses shall be desolate, euen great and faire without inhabitant.

1611 marginal noteOr, this is in mine eares saith the LORD, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. If not, &c.

Isaiah 5:16
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:16 · retained source text

But the LORD of hosts shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy, shall bee sanctified in righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, the holy God. Heb. The God the holy.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:24 · retained source text

Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.

Isaiah 6:3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 6:3 · retained source text

And one cryed vnto another, and sayd; Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hostes, the whole earth is full of his glory.

1611 marginal noteHeb. this cried to this.

1611 marginal noteHeb. his glory is the fulnesse of the whole earth.

1611 marginal noteReu.4.8.

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