Commander of the Host is a name of God found in Daniel’s prophecy of the male goat. Sar is a somewhat generic term covering different kinds of head men. Elsewhere, the word sar is translated “prince” as in the name Prince of princes. In Joshua 5:14 it is part of the title of the captain (sar) of the host of the LORD.
Commander of the host (Sar hatsava) in the Hebrew text of Daniel 8:11.
Commander of the Host in Hebrew:
Sar-hatsava’
Strong’s Concordance numbers: 8269, 6635
Bible reference: Dan. 8:11
[A small horn from a male goat] magnified itself to be equal with the Commander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. (Daniel 8:11)
In the KJV He is called the Prince of the host.
