G4686Greekspeírēs
σπείρης
a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e., (figuratively) a mass of men (a roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of levitical janitors)
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Total Occurrences
4
Books
0
Old Testament
7
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1anything rolled into a circle or ball, anything wound, rolled up, folded together
- 2the tenth part of legion
- 3a military cohort
- 4any band, company, or detachment, of soldiers
Etymology & Derivation
of immediate latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of g0138 in the sense of its cognate g1507