Lord of hosts
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Jehovah; God.
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Lord of HostsnounJehovah or God when regarded as having the angelic forces at his command
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2015
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Elijah said, "As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him to-day."
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
No tongue its greatness tells: There face to face, and full and free, Ever and evermore we see— We see the Lord of hosts!
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to pray before the Lord.
From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein
There is a pastor in Omaha, his name is Hank Kunneman, at the Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023
In Joy, the Lord of Hosts finally justifies his stern ways to a modern Job.
From Time Magazine Archive
The God of war and the Lord of Hosts.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
The Douay translates the same thus:—'The ark of the covenant of the Lord of Hosts sitting upon the cherubims.'
From The Bible: what it is by Charles Bradlaugh
O Lord of Hosts, how long wilt Thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which Thou hast had indignation these three score and ten years?
From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein
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