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Troop <ref name=" | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63575" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' | <p> TROOP, n. </p> 1. A collection of people a company a number a multitude. Genesis 49; 2 Samuel 23; Hosea 7 <p> That which should accompany old age, </p> <p> As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, </p> <p> I must not look to have. </p> 2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank the general ordered his troops to attack the troops of [[France]] amounted to 400,000 men. 3. Troop, in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain. 4. A company of stage-players. <p> TROOP, To collect in numbers. </p> <p> [[Armies]] at the call of trumpet, </p> <p> [[Troop]] to their standard. </p> 1. To march in a body. <p> I do not, as an enemy to peace, </p> <p> Troop in the throngs of military men. </p> 2. To march in haste or in company. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_187678" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Soldiers, collectively; an army; - now generally used in the plural. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) See [[Boy]] scout, above. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75307" /> == | |||
<p> '''Troop.''' These words are employed to represent, the [[Hebrew]] word, '''gedud''' , which has, invariably, the sense of an irregular force, gathered with the object of marauding and plunder. ''See '' [[Band]] ''.'' </p> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37785" /> == | |||
<p> BAND: '''''Gedud''''' , "marauding companies" ( 1 Chronicles 12:21; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 7:1). </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17382" /> == | |||
<p> Isaiah 65:11 . See [[Gad]] 3. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63616" /> == | |||
<p> is, in the A. V., especially employed as the rendering (sometimes "band," etc.) of '''''גְּדוּד''''' , ''Ged [['''''Û''''' D'']] which means a marauding party, in the forays for which [[Palestine]] has always been notorious, especially beyond the [[Jordan]] ( Genesis 49:19; 1 Samuel 30:8; Job 19:12; Psalms 18:29; Jeremiah 18:22; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 7:1; Micah 5:1). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_63575"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/troop Troop from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_187678"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/troop Troop from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_75307"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/troop Troop from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_37785"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/troop Troop from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_17382"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/troop Troop from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63616"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/troop Troop from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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