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Headword:
*stratia/
Adler number: sigma,1175
Translated headword: command, stratia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the division of soldiers under one commander.[1]
But strateia [means] "rank."[2]
When the Scripture says regarding Manasseh that he worshipped the army [stratia] of heaven, this means the sun and the moon and the stars.[3]
Greek Original:*stratia/: to\ tw=n stratiwtw=n u(po\ e(/na e)/parxon ta/gma. *stratei/a de\ to\ a)ci/wma. o(/te de\ le/gei h( *grafh\ peri\ *manassh=, o(/ti e)la/treuse th=| stratia=| tou= ou)ranou=, to\n h(/lion kai\ th\n selh/nhn kai\ tou\s a)ste/ras le/gei.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon); references at
Photius sigma604 Theodoridis.
[2] cf.
sigma 1166,
sigma 1158
[3] George the Monk,
Chronicon 237.10-13. The reference is to
2 Kingdoms 21:3
LXX. The language of the
Septuagint differs slightly from that of the Suda. The former reads:
kai\ proseku/nhsen pa/sh| th|= duna/mei tou= ou)ranou= kai\ e)dou/leusen au)toi=s.
Translated by: Debra Hamel on 14 August 1999@23:16:05.
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