noun · feminine

stratias

Greekστρατιά (stratia)

Strong’sG4756

an army, host of angels

stem strati-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

host2×

What it means

στρατιά, -ᾶς, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for צָבָא;]

1. = στρατός, an army, a host: of angels (III Ki 22:19, al.), Lk 2:13; of the stars of heaven (Je 8:2, II Ch 33:3), Ac 7:42.

2. As sometimes in cl. (poët.), = στρατεία: II Co 10:4, T (WH, RV, στρατεία).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4756 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidstrat-ee'-ah

from the base of G4766, as encamped); camp-likeness, i.e. an army, i.e. (figuratively) the angels, the celestial luminaries

Fromfeminine of a derivative of στρατός (an army;

King Jameshost.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	stratias	stratiais
object accusative	stratian	stratiain
direct address vocative	stratiar	stratiair
of, belonging to genitive	stratiau1×στρατιᾶς	stratiaiu
to, for dative	stratia1×στρατιᾷ	stratiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

stratistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

stratia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

stratiau“host”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 2:13“host”kai exaifnōs gineta sun to angelo plēthem stratiau ouraniau ainarōtoiu ton theon kai legarōtoiu;And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

stratia“host”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 7:42“host”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?