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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - σπεῖρα

σπεῖρα

G4686

Transliteration: speîra

Pronunciation: spi'-rah

Definition: band


σπεῖρα (speîra | spi'-rah)
[Grk] σπεῖρα LN: 55.9 GK: G5061" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5061
Derivation: 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;
Strong's: 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: G1507" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1507
See: G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138

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