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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σπεῖρα

Lemmaσπεῖρα
Citation formσπεῖρα, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa cohort
Strong’sG4686
Transliterationspeîra
Definitiona coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)
KJV glosses:--band.
Derivationof immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of in the sense of its cognate
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
σπεῖρα
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)John 18:12
σπεῖραν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Matthew 27:27
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Mark 15:16
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)John 18:3
σπείρης
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 10:1
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 21:31
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Acts 27:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: σπειρα.