speira <4686>

speira speira

Pronunciation	:	spi'-rah
Origin	:	of immed. Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507
Reference	:	-
PrtSpch	:	n f (noun feminime)
In Greek	:	speira 1, speiran 3, speirhv 3
In NET	:	cohort 3, Cohort 2, a squad of soldiers 1, squad of soldiers 1
In AV	:	band 7
Count	:	7
Definition	:	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 of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors): KJV -- band. see GREEK for 1507 see GREEK for 138
Related Hebrew	:	-

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