Lord of hosts
noun
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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Priest and king was he, king of kings, lord of hosts, master of the earth.
From Prester John by Buchan, John
"Thus saith the lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no god."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
For what are books, I venture to say, but an army-corps of the lord of hosts, at whose command are troops of all natures, after the various regions of his indwelling!
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
Above the sun-god is the human warrior, the lord of hosts, the god of battles, the divine leader of the armies of Assur.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Hearing those words of theirs, Virata, that lord of hosts, said unto them, 'Do ye perform the last rites of the Sutas.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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