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Host
An entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35).
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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 (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5).
Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).
In the Bible
184
Verses where Host is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:18
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- 1 Chronicles 12:14
These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:21
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
- 1 Chronicles 12:22
For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
+178 more verses naming Host.
Scripture on Host
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Voices on Host
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Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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