{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4686",
  "lemma": "σπεῖρα",
  "transliteration": "speîra",
  "definition": "a coil (spira, \"spire\"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)",
  "kjv": "band",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 27:27",
      "text": "Then the governor’s soldiers took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 15:16",
      "text": "The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 18:3",
      "text": "Judah then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/18?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 18:12",
      "text": "So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Yeshua and bound him,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/18?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 10:1",
      "text": "Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 21:31",
      "text": "As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/21?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 27:1",
      "text": "When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 14:11",
      "text": "But as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took up his weapons…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/14?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 8:23",
      "text": "Moreover Eleazer also, having read aloud the sacred book, and having given as watchword, “THE HELP OF GOD”, leading the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/8?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 12:20",
      "text": "Maccabaeus, arranging his own army in divisions, set these two over the bands, and marched in haste against Timotheus…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=20"
    }
  ],
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