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#4686 σπεῖρα speira {spi'-rah}
of immed. Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G0138 in the
sense of its cognate G1507; TDNT - n/a; n f
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) anything rolled into a circle or ball, anything wound, rolled up,
folded together
2) a military cohort
2a) the tenth part of legion
2a1) about 600 men i.e. legionaries
2a2) if auxiliaries either 500 or 1000
2a3) a maniple, or the thirtieth part of a legion
2b) any band, company, or detachment, of soldiers
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G0138 in the sense of its cognate, G1507; a coil ( spira, "spire"), that is, (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also [by analogy] a squad of Levitical janitors):—band.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #4686.
- σπει῀ρα
- speira; of Lat. or.; anything wound up or coiled, by ext. a body (of soldiers), i.e. a cohort:—
- NASB - cohort(7).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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