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 |
| 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):-band. see GREEK for 1507 see GREEK for 138 |
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