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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 tôn stratiôtôn hupo hena eparchon tagma. Strateia de to axiôma. hote de legei hê Graphê peri Manassê, hoti elatreuse têi stratiai tou ouranou, ton hêlion kai tên selênên kai tous asteras legei.
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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