Dict: easton - Host

Host @ an entertainer kjv@Romans:16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary kjv@Luke:10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (kjvKings:4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary kjv@Numbers:1:3 kjv@Numbers:26:2; kjv@2Chronicals:25:5). Saul was the first to form a standing army ( kjv@1Samuel:13:2 kjv@1Samuel:24:2). This example was followed by David ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:1), and Solomon (kjvKings:4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah ( kjv@2Chronicals:17:14 kjv@2Chronicals:26:11; kjv@2Kings:11:4, etc.).

Host of heaven @ The sun, moon, and stars are so designated kjv@Genesis:2:1). When the Jews fell into idolatry they worshipped these kjv@Deuteronomy:4:19; kjv@2Kings:17:16 kjv@2Kings:21:3-5 kjv@2Kings:23:5 ; kjv@Jeremiah:19:13; kjv@Zephaniah:1:5; kjv@Acts:7:42).

Hostage @ a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some promise, etc. ( kjv@2Kings:14:14; kjv@2Chronicals:25:24).