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
So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
There was a man of Is-ra-el who went up each year from the town of Ra-mah to a place called Shi-loh to pay his vows to the Lord of hosts.
From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Josephine Pollard
The splendor of the noon-day sun Grows pale before its light: The mighty Sun that ne’er goes down, Around whose gleam clouds never frown, Is God the Lord of hosts.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
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
For thus saith the Lord of Hosts: yet once it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
No lawyer ever stuck closer to a rich client than did Balaam to the King of Moab; for again and again did he sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts.
From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Benjamin Offen
His wagon was his castle of strength; he trusted in the Lord of Hosts, and he kept his powder religiously dry.
From A Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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