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Strong's Concordance G4686
σπεῖÏα
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Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- σπεῖÏα
- Transliteration
- speira
- Pronunciation
- {spi'-rah}
- Occurrences
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- Glosses
- of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors):--band.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 138
- Strong’s number
- G4686
- Definition
- of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors):--band.
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James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="4686"> <orth>σπεῖÏα</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">spei'ra</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">speira</orth> <pron rend="italic">{spi'-rah}</pron> <def> of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors):--band. <lb/> see GREEK for 1507 <lb/> see GREEK for 138 </def> </entryFree>