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Concordances
Scofield Reference Index
• Lord of Hosts
Thompson Chain Reference
• Host
Dictionaries
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Hosts
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Hosts, Lord of
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Host
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Host of Heaven
• Host
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Hosts, Lord of
• Host of Heaven
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Lord of Hosts
• Host of Heaven
• Host
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Host
King James Dictionary
• Host
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Hosts, Lord of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sacred Host
• O Glorious King of Martyr Hosts
• Lord of Hosts
•   (only first 3 shown)
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Host (2)
• Host
• Host
Wilson's Bible Types
• Host
Webster Dictionary
• Hosting
• Host Plant
• Host Dance
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Sir William Hoste
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Heaven, Host of
• Hospitality; Host
• Host of Heaven
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adoration of the Host.
• Elevation of the Host
• Elevation of the Host (2)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Host
• Johann Host
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Host of Heaven
• Host, Desecration of
• Hosts, Lord of
Lexicons
• ܡܩܰܒ݁ܠܳܢܳܐ
• ܦ݁ܽܘܬ݁ܩܳܝܳܐ
• ܨܒ݂ܰܐܘܽܬ݂
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Host of Heaven
• Lord of Hosts
• αἰχμαλωσία
• ξένος
• πανδοκεύς , πανδοχεύς
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• חֵיל
• חַיִל , חֵילֵךְ
• חַיִל
•   (only first 3 shown)

In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26 ). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Numbers 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5 ).

Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Samuel 13:2; 24:2 ). This example was followed by David (1 Chronicles 27:1 ), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26 ), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chronicles 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4 , etc.).