from a derivative of stratos (an army from the base of 4766, as encamped)
Source:
TDNT - 7:701,1091
Kind:
n f
In AV:
host 2
Count:
2
Definition:
1) an army, band of soldiers
2) in the NT, the hosts of heaven
2a) troops of angels
2b) the heavenly bodies, stars of heaven (so called on account
of their number and their order)