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Acts 10:1
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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
G1161
There
G2258
was
a
G5100
certain
G435
man
G1722
in
G2542
Caesarea
G3686
called
G2883
Cornelius
a
G1543
centurion
G1537
of
the
G4686
band
G3686
called
the
G2483
Italian
G4686
band
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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
of the New Testament 1889
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.