The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σπεῖρα

Lemma	σπεῖρα
Citation form	σπεῖρα, ης, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a cohort
Strong’s	G4686
Transliteration	speîra
Definition	a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)
KJV glosses	:--band.
Derivation	of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of in the sense of its cognate
SBLGNT occurrences	7