Bible Encyclopedias
Troop
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is, in the A. V., especially employed as the rendering (sometimes "band," etc.) of גְּדוּד, gedû d, which means a marauding party, in the forays for which Palestine has always been notorious, especially beyond the Jordan (Genesis 49:19; 1 Samuel 30:8; Job 19:12; Psalms 18:29; Jeremiah 18:22; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 7:1; Micah 5:1).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Troop'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/troop.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.