- Transliteration: Speira

- Phonetic: spi'-rah

- Definition:

1. anything rolled into a circle or ball, anything wound, rolled up, folded together

2. a military cohort

a. the tenth part of legion

1. about 600 men i.e. legionaries

2. if auxiliaries either 500 or 1000

3. a maniple, or the thirtieth part of a legion

b. any band, company, or detachment, of soldiers

- Origin: of immed. Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138 in the sense of its cognate G1507" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1507

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Of immediate Latin origin but ultimately a derivative of G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138 in the sense of its cognate G1507" class="dictionary-topic-link">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.