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troop

Meaning of “troop”

A collection, company, number, multitude, or body of soldiers.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 30:11

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2 Samuel 2:25
¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 2:25 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Beniamin gathered themselues together after Abner, and became one troupe, and stood on the top of an hill.

2 Samuel 3:22
¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:22 · retained source text

¶ And behold, the seruants of Dauid, and Ioab came from pursuing a troupe, and brought in a great spoile with them: (but Abner was not with Dauid in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.)

2 Samuel 22:30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:30 · retained source text

For by thee I haue run through a troupe: by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.

1611 marginal noteOr, broken a troupe.

2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:11 · retained source text

And after him was Shammah the sonne of Agee the Hararite: and the Philistines were gathered together into a troupe, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

1611 marginal noteOr, for forraging.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 11.27.

2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:13 · retained source text

And three of the thirtie chiefe went downe and came to Dauid in the haruest time, vnto the caue of Adullam: and the troupe of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

1611 marginal noteOr, the three captaines ouer the thirtie.

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A collection, company, number, multitude, or body of soldiers.

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