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Acts 21:31

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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)

G2212 as they went about ζητουντων

G1161 And δε

G846 him αυτον

G615 to kill αποκτειναι

G305 came ανεβη

G5334 tidings φασις

G3588 unto the τω

G5506 chief captain χιλιαρχω

G3588 of the της

G4686 band σπειρης

G3754 that οτι

G3650 all ολη

G4797 was in an uproar συγκεχυται

G2419 Jerusalem ιερουσαλημ

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

G1161 And

they

went

G2212 about

G615 kill

G846 him

G5334 tidings

G305 came

unto

G3588 the

chief

G5506 captain

G3588 the

G4686 band

G3754 that

G3650 all

G2419 Jerusalem

was

G4797 uproar

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Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G4686

Greek: σπεῖρα

Transliteration: speira

Pronunciation: spi'-rah

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: band.

Definition:

a coil (spira spire) that is (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also [by analogy] a squad of Levitical janitors)

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

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.