- Original: στρατία - Transliteration: Stratia - Phonetic: strat-ee'-ah - Definition: 1. an army, band of soldiers 2. in the NT, the hosts of heaven a. troops of angels b. the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order) - Origin: from a derivative of stratos (an army from the base of G4766 , as encamped) - TDNT entry: 18:41,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of a derivative of στρατός stratos (an army; from the base of G4766 as encamped); camp likeness that is an army that is (figuratively) the angels the celestial luminaries: - host. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • host, 2 Luke 2:13; Act 7:42