Cohort, band of soldiers

G4686
Greek
UBS
σπεῖρα
speîraspi'-rah
Noun Feminine

Definition

a Roman military unit of about six hundred soldiers, though only a part of such a cohort was often referred to as a cohort

Semantic Domains

Military Activities

Etymology

of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G138 (αἱρέομαι) in the sense of its cognate G1507 (εἱλίσσω);

KJV Translations

band

Occurrences7
Frequency Rank#1372

Verse Usage

This word appears 7 times in the Bible. Verse examples coming soon.