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Strong's #4756 - στρατιά
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- an army, band of soldiers
- in the NT, the hosts of heaven
- troops of angels
- the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order)
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στρᾰτιά, Ion. στρᾰτηλ-ιή, ἡ,= στρατός, army, Pi. O. 6.16, A. Pers. 534 (anap.), Ag. 799 (anap.), etc.; ς. ναυτική, πεζή, Th. 6.33, 7.15; ναύφρακτος ς . IG 12.296.30; ἔς τε τὴν ς. καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν Ἀθηναίων ib. 108.40; τῆς ς. κάκιστος ἦν ἀνήρ Eup. 31: abs., a land force, as distd. from seamen, Hdt. 6.12 .
2. generally, host, company, band, Pi. P. 11.50, N. 11.35; ἡ ς. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ LXX 2 Chronicles 33:3; αἱ ς. τῶν οὐρανῶν ib. Nehemiah 9:6; = cohors ministrorum, Lib. Or. 54.7 .
II sts. = στρατεία, expedition, Hdt. 5.77 (v.l. -είην ), Ar. Eq. 587 (lyr.), Th. 828, 1169, Lys. 592, Th. 8.108, IG 22.351.31; ἐπὶ στρατιᾶς Ar. V. 354, 557, Pl. Phdr. 260b, And. 2.14; ἴτε . . ἐπὶ στρατιάν go . . on service, Ar. Ach. 1143; κατὰ στρατιήν Hp. Medic. 14; πολιτικαὶ στρατιαί, ξενικαὶ ς ., ibid.; v. στρατεία .
στρατιά, στρατιᾶς, ἡ (στρατός (cf. στρατεύω)), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. for צָבָא;
1. an army, band of soldiers.
2. sometimes in the poets equivalent to στρατεία, as Aristophanes eqq. 587 (ἐν στρατιαις τέ καί μάχαις), 2 Corinthians 10:4 Tdf. after the best manuscripts ((see his note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II.); Passow, under the word στρατεία, at the end).
3. in the N. T. ἡ οὐράνιος στρατιά, or ἡ στρατιά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Hebrew הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא), the host of heaven (see δύναμις, f.), i. e.
a. troops of angels (1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6): Luke 2:13.
b. the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account of their number and their order): Acts 7:42 (2 Chronicles 33:3, 5; Jeremiah 8:2, etc.).
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στρατιά , -ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6635;]
1. = στρατός , an army, a host: of angels (1 Kings 22:19, al.), Luke 2:13; of the stars of heaven (Jeremiah 8:2, 2 Chronicles 33:3), Acts 7:42.
2. As sometimes in cl. (poët.), = στρατεία : 2 Corinthians 10:4, T (WH, RV, στρατεία ).†
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";agree with,"; ";agree together"; : P Lond 1166.4 (A.D. 42) (= III. p. 104) συνπεφωνηκέναι αὐτῶι, P Oxy II, 260.7 (A.D. 59) κα [τ ]ὰ [τὰ ] συ [μ ]φωνηθέντα ἐμοὶ κα [ὶ ] Ἀντ [ι ]φ [ά ]νει, ";in accordance with what was agreed upon between me and Antiphanes"; (cf. Acts 5:9), ib. VIII. 1148.5 (question to the oracle—i/A.D.) εἶ βέλτειόν ἐστιν Φανίαν τὸν υἱό (ν) μου καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ μὴ συμφωνῆσαι νῦν τῷ πατρὶ α (ὐτοῦ) ἀλλὰ ἀντιλέγειν, ";is it better for my son Phanias and his wife not to agree now with his father, but to oppose him?"; (Ed.), ib. III. 530.23 (ii/A.D.) μὴ ἀγωνία δὲ περὶ ἡμῶν, οὐθὲν γὰρ φαῦλον περὶ ἡμᾶς ἐστ [ὶ ]ν καὶ συμφωνοῦμεν ἀλλὴλοις, ";do not be anxious about us, for there is nothing the matter with us and we are at harmony with each other"; (Edd.), ib. I. 133.25 (A.D. 550) συμφωνῖ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ ἐγεγραμμέ (να) ὡς πρόκιται, ";we agree to all that is herein contained, as it is above written"; (Edd.), and Syll 540 (=.3972).86 (B.C. 175–2) συμφωνοῦντας πρὸς ἀλλήλους δοκίμως.
The verb is used with reference to price, as in Matthew 20:13, in such passages as P Oxy XIV. 1672.17 (A.D. 37–41) ὁ φίλος συντυχὼν ἔλεγεν συμ [πε ]φωνηκέναι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς κώ [μ ]η ̣ς αὐτοῦ μετὰ χάριτος. . . ἐ ̣κ (δραχμῶν) λ ̄β ̄, ";our friend said that he had agreed with the people of his village thankfully at the rate of 32 drachmae"; (Edd.), ib. IV. 728.37 (A.D. 142) ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ τὰς συνπεφωνημένας ὑπὲρ τιμῆς χόρτου ἀργυρί [ο ]υ δραχμὰς διακοσίας ἑβδομήκοντα [ἕξ, ";I have received from you the 276 drachmae which were agreed upon for the price of the hay"; (Edd.), and BGU II. 416.5 (A.D. 150) ἀπέχω τὴν συνπεπωνημένη (l. συνπεφωνημένην) τιμήν, and Syll 241 (= .3 535).9 (B.C. 217–6) τὰ εἴκοσι τάλαντα τὰ συνφωνηθέντα ὑπὲρ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων.
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