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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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Zechariah 8:2
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:2 · retained source text

Thus sayeth the LORD of hostes, I was iealous for Zion, with great iealousie; and I was iealous for her with great furie.

1611 marginal noteCha.1.14.

Zechariah 8:3
Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:3 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD, I am returned vnto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Ierusalem, and Ierusalem shall be called a Citie of trueth, and the Mountaine of the LORD of hostes, the holy Mountaine.

Zechariah 8:4
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:4 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men, and old women, dwell in the streets of Ierusalem, and euery man with his staffe in his hand for very age.

1611 marginal noteHebr. for multitude of dayes.

Zechariah 8:6
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:6 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, If it bee marueilous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these dayes, should it also bee marueilous in my eyes, saith the LORD of hostes?

1611 marginal noteOr, hard or difficult.

Zechariah 8:7
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:7 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Beholde, I will saue my people from the East countrey, and from the West countrey.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the countrey of the going downe of the Sunne.

Zechariah 8:9
¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:9 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Let your handes be strong, ye that heare in these dayes, these wordes by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laied, that the Temple might be built.

Zechariah 8:11
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:11 · retained source text

But now I will not bee vnto the residue of this people, as in the former daies, saith the LORD of hostes.

Zechariah 8:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:14 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD of hostes, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers prouoked mee to wrath, saith the LORD of hostes, and I repented not:

Zechariah 8:18
¶ And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 8:18 · retained source text

¶ And the word of the LORD of hostes came vnto me, saying,

Zechariah 8:19
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:19 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth moneth, and the fast of the fift, and the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Iudah ioy and gladnesse, and cheerefull feasts: therefore loue the trueth and peace.

1611 marginal noteHebr. solemne, or set times.

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