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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 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:23 · retained source text

I will also make it a possession for the Bitterne, and pooles of water: and I will sweepe it with the besome of destruction, sayth the LORD of hostes.

Isaiah 14:24
¶ The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:24 · retained source text

¶ The LORD of hostes hath sworne, saying; Surely as I haue thought, so shall it come to passe; and as I haue purposed, so shall it stand:

Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:27 · retained source text

For the LORD of hostes hath purposed, and who shall disanull it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turne it backe?

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 20.6. iob 9.12. prou. 21.30. dan. 4.32.

Isaiah 17:3
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:3 · retained source text

The fortresse also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdome from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall bee as the glorie of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hostes.

Isaiah 18:7
¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 18:7 · retained source text

¶ In that time shall the present be brought vnto the LORD of hostes, of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and troden vnder foote, whose land the riuers haue spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hostes, the mount Zion.

1611 marginal noteOr, outspread and polished. &c.

Isaiah 19:4
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:4 · retained source text

And the Egyptians will I giue ouer into the hand of a cruell LORD; and a fierce king shall rule ouer them, saith the LORDe, the LORD of hostes.

1611 marginal noteOr, shut vp.

Isaiah 19:12
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:12 · retained source text

Where are they? Where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know, what the LORD of hosts hath purposed vpon Egypt.

Isaiah 19:16
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:16 · retained source text

In that day shall Egypt bee like vnto women: and it shall be afraid and feare, because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh ouer it.

Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:17 · retained source text

And the land of Iudah shall bee a terrour vnto Egypt, euery one that maketh mention thereof, shal be afraid in himselfe, because of the counsell of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

Isaiah 19:18
¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:18 · retained source text

¶ In that day shall fiue cities in the land of Egypt speake the language of Canaan, and sweare to the LORD of hostes: one shalbe called the citie of destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the lippe.

1611 marginal noteOr, of Heres: or of the Sunne.

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