Strong's G4686 · Greek

σπεῖρα

speira · spi'-rah

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)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σπείρα (G4686)

7 ** σπείρα , -ης (on this form of gen., v. M, Pr. , 38, 48; Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, 12; Deiss., BS , 186), [in LXX: Jth 14:11 , II Mac 8:23 12:20 , 22 * ;] (= Lat. spira ) anything or rolled up, a coil . As a military term used (by Polyb. and later writers) of a body of soldiers, a maniple (third part of a cohort) or cohort (v. Swete, Mk. , 375; Westc., Jo. , 251 f.): Mt 27:27 , Mk 15:16 , Jo 18:3 , 12 , Ac 10:1 21:31 27:1 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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