What Does “Lord of hosts” Mean in the Bible?
Title
A name of God in the Bible. It means that God rules over everything: the angels, the stars and the nations.
Today
At Mass we sing: “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Isaiah 6:3; 1 Samuel 1:11
What the Bible says
Isaiah 6:3
And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
1 Samuel 1:11
And she made a vow, saying: O Lord, of hosts, if thou wilt look down on the affliction of thy servant, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a man child: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Sabaoth”