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  • Lord of hosts
    Lord of hosts
    noun
    Jehovah; God.
  • Lord of Hosts
    Lord of Hosts
    noun
    Jehovah or God when regarded as having the angelic forces at his command

Lord of hosts

American  
Or Lord of Hosts

noun

  1. Jehovah; God.


Lord of Hosts British  

noun

  1. Jehovah or God when regarded as having the angelic forces at his command

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

They esteemed themselves as being in the friendly grip and fellowship of the Lord of hosts.

From The Whole Armour of God by John Henry Jowett

And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various

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

And all the vast congregation fell upon their faces and cried "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His Glory."

From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill

It surely is the temple of the Lord of Hosts, the number of whose angels is legion.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.

"I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts whom thou hast defied."

From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Charles Reynolds Brown

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