στρατιά

stratia

army

Strong’s G4756Noun, feminine2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

of the host1

host1

In the text

Luke 2:13στρατιᾶς
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
Acts 7:42στρατιᾷ
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?

στρατιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for צָבָא ;]

1. = στρατός, an army, a host: of angels (3Ki.22:19, al.), Luk.2:13; of the stars of heaven (Jer.8:2, 2Ch.33:3), Act.7:42.

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

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.