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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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στρατιά

Strong’s: G4756

Associated OET lemmas: στρατιά

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: στρατιά; -ᾶς

Related lemmas: στρατεύομαι

Sense 1: throng of angels, ranks of angels

Semantic entry: 12.30

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: (an idiom, literally: heavenly army) a large group or throng of angels

Notes: There may be distinct objections to speaking of στρατιὰ οὐράνιος as being a ‘heavenly army,’ though undoubtedly in earlier times the thought of angels being God’s military force would have been quite appropriate. Therefore, in place of some expression which may refer to an army or military unit, it may be possible to translate στρατιὰ οὐράνιος as simply ‘many, many angels’ or ‘row after row of angels.’

Collocations: στρατιὰ οὐράνιος

LUK 2:13: RV LUK 2:13 · LV LUK 2:13 · Read together LUK 2:13

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OET-RV LUK 2:13

13 Then suddenly lots of heavenly soldiers joined the messenger, praising God and saying,

OET-LV LUK 2:13

13 And suddenly a_multitude of_the_ heavenly _army became with the messenger, praising the god and saying,

Sense 2: the stars of heaven

Semantic entry: 12.45

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Powers

Definition: (an idiom, literally: army of heaven) the stars of heaven as symbols of various supernatural powers

Notes: Since ‘the stars of heaven’ serve primarily as symbols of certain heavenly supernatural powers, it may be appropriate in some languages to speak of ‘the spirits of the stars in the sky.’ See also 1.5: οὐρανός.

Collocations: στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

ACT 7:42: RV ACT 7:42 · LV ACT 7:42 · Read together ACT 7:42

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OET-RV ACT 7:42

42 But God turned and allowed them to serve the heavenly armies, just as the prophets wrote,
 ⇔ ‘It wasn’t me that you Israelis sacrificed to for those forty years in the wilderness.

OET-LV ACT 7:42

42 But the god turned, and gave_ them _over to_be_serving unto_the army of_ the _heaven, as it_has_been_written in scroll of_the prophets:
You_all_ not _offered victims and sacrifices to_me, because/forty years?
in the wilderness, house of_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl)?