Forms of the word
Dictionary
στρατιά, ᾶς, ἡ
Greek transliteration
stratia
Simplified transliteration
stratia
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Gloss
host, army (of heaven), (celestial) bodies
Definition
an army, host;, from the Hebrew, στρατιὰ οὐράνιος, or τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, the heavenly host, the host of heaven, the hosts of angels, Lk. 2:13; the stars, Acts 7:42*
Greek-English Concordance for στρατιά
| Luke 2:13 |
And suddenly there was, with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host (stratias | στρατιᾶς | gen sg fem), praising God and saying, |
| Acts 7:42 |
But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host (stratia | στρατιᾷ | dat sg fem) of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? |