294 occurrences

'Army' in the Bible

I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

Verse ConceptsCertaintyStrength, DivineRenewed HeartFearlessnessAttacked By EvilFreed From FearPrinciples Of WarStrength In BattleEnemy Attacks

There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Verse Conceptsarmy

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleA Good Woman

The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfBirds, Types Of BirdsChickensNature Of Kings

See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,

You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative Use

Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?

Verse ConceptsThe Moon

And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingPrincipalities And PowersRebellion of Satan and Angels

And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.

Verse ConceptsChaffSuddenlyLight As ChaffCreatures Returning To DustProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacksdust

And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.

Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordAngels as God's servantsAngels as agents of judgmentMorningDisastersAngels Helping UsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod KillingThose Who Rose EarlyGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among Unbelievers

Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.

Verse ConceptsDestroying ChariotsExtinguishingEarthly Armiesreinforcement

Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ConfidenceGod My SalvationDeception

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to other gods.

Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondrink offeringHost Of HeavenRoofAltars, PaganRooftopDifferent Gods

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessGathering IsraelReturn From The NorthBirthHarming Pregnant WomenMotherhood

Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardPrisonersActual Attacks On Jerusalem

As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfStarsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth which were under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns, saying,

Verse ConceptsKingdomsActual Attacks On Jerusalem

When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsActual Attacks On Jerusalem

And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause Defeat

But when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came up into the land, we said, Come, let us go to Jerusalem, away from the army of the Chaldaeans and from the army of the Aramaeans: and so we are living in Jerusalem.

And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.

Verse ConceptsEarthly Armies

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

Verse ConceptsdefeatBurning Jerusalem

And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

The Lord has said, This town will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.

Verse ConceptsCapturing CitiesGod Will Cause Defeat

And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, with all his army, came against Jerusalem, shutting it in on every side;

Verse ConceptsInvasionsMonthArmies, Against IsraelMonth 10Years Of ZedekiahActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing CitiesKings of judah

But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

And in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round it.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsArmies, Against IsraelMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionScribesSecretarySeven PeopleSixties

And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfNoiseThe AlmightyAngel's WingsThings Like WaterSoundGod's VoiceLike WaterPutting Things Down

But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe?

Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:

Verse ConceptsFortsAttempting To KillSiege MoundsEarthly Armies

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will send up from the north Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and war-carriages and with an army and great numbers of people.

Verse ConceptsChariotsNorthAttacking With ChariotsOut Of The North

Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.

Verse ConceptsHead coveringArmoryHelmetsEarthly ArmiesSource Of Honour

The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsWarriorsWalled TownsPeople Made Perfect

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessBare ArmsThose Who Toiled

For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon: he will take away her wealth, and take her goods by force and everything which is there; and this will be the payment for his army.

Verse ConceptsDelicaciesTaking Possessions

There is Asshur and all her army, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword:

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHuman Comfort

And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.

Verse ConceptsPeople Getting UpThe Dead Are Raisedarmy

And turning you round, I will put hooks in your mouth and make you come out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them in full war-dress, a great force with breastplate and body-cover, all of them armed with swords:

Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion

And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army:

Verse ConceptsGog and MagogOut Of The North

And there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.

And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire.

Verse ConceptsTying Up

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People

And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.

Verse ConceptsHost Of HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things Down

It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.

Verse ConceptsPrincesDestruction Of The Temple

And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army.

Verse ConceptsBodyCrowdsJewelsLegsLight, NaturalLightningBrassHeavenly FacesSoundSparklingEyes In ProphecyThings Like BronzeAppearances ofColorJesus Eyes

But out of a branch from her roots one will come up to take his place, who will come against the army, forcing his way into the strong place of the king of the north, and he will take them in hand and overcome them:

Verse ConceptsForts

And his son will make war, and will get together an army of great forces, and he will make an attack on him, overflowing and going past: and he will again take the war even to his strong place.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsReadiness

And the king of the south will be moved with wrath, and will come out and make war on him, on this same king of the north: and he will get together a great army, but the army will be given into his hand.

And the army will be taken away, and his heart will be uplifted: he will be the cause of the downfall of tens of thousands, but he will not be strong.

Verse ConceptsProud People

And again the king of the north will get together an army greater than the first; and he will make an attack on him at the end of years, with a great army and much wealth.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMany CombatantsReturn From The Northarmy

So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attackedtechnology

And he will put in motion his power and his strength against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will go to war with a very great and strong army: but he will be forced to give way, because of their designs against him;

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsEvil PlansBravery

And his fears will overcome him and be the cause of his downfall, and his army will come to complete destruction, and a great number will be put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsKilling Will HappenRich Food

And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLast DaysThunderOrderly ArmyThe Fact Of That DayEnduringGod As A WarriorGod SpeakingPeople AppalledSurvivalThe Presence Of GodarmyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsChangecancerlukewarmrehabilitationworms

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse GodsRoofAltars, PaganHousetopsAnimismRooftopBowing Before GodBowing To False GodsSwearing By

And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

Verse ConceptsMustering TroopsRoyal HousesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

Verse ConceptsAggressionGreed, Believers' Response ToOccupationsSatisfactionServants, BadSoldiersWagesWitnesses, FalseContentmentFalse AccusationsEmployersAvoiding ViolenceFalse WaysDo Not StealOne's DeedsBeing Content

And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.

Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine

Verse ConceptsMedicineMockeryWineVinegarMocking ChristDrugsgames

And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

Verse ConceptsCrown Of ThornsClothingRobesSoldiersDressPlaitingOuter GarmentsPurple ClothesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion

So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfGamblingChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyOuter GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesScriptures Fulfilled

So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:

Verse ConceptsBones Brokenliberationcrucifixion

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

Verse ConceptsDevout MenTwo Other Men

And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCastlesExcitementSoundGroups Shouting

The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

Verse ConceptsCommanderCommands, in NTCastlesSecurityFear, Of DeathPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPeople Torn To PiecesChiliarchs

But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

Verse ConceptsAmbushThings Revealed

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.

Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensRescueIndividuals Saving Others

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls

And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

Verse ConceptsMilitarysisterhood

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingAn Innumerable NumberCityNames And Titles For The ChurchAngels, DescriptionChurch, Titles OfBelonging To HeavenzionThousands Of Angels Worship God

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

Verse ConceptsMultitudesGentiles, In NtCrowdsAn Innumerable NumberBranches, Types OfAudiencesLanguagesNationalismRobesStandingWhiteGlorified SaintsMany In The ChurchWhite And Bright ClothesWhite ClothsAll LanguagesThe Gospel To The NationsEvangelism During The TribulationGreat White Throne JudgmentLanguageColorRaceculture

And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesIronThunderWheelsWingsInvincibilityHeavenly ChariotsSoundThings Like IronSteelbugsrevelation

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, come together to make war against him who was seated on the horse and against his army.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonCosmic CreaturesThe Armies Of HeavenLarge Armies

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Company (323 instances)
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Garrison (19 instances)
Legion (5 instances)
Multitude (361 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
παρεμβολή 
Parembole 
Usage: 10

στράτευμα 
Strateuma 
army , man of war , soldier
Usage: 7

στρατόπεδον 
Stratopedon 
Usage: 0

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