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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

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

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

And the governors of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength, in the Lord of hosts their God.

From An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming by Park, J. R. (John Ranicar)

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