Strong's #4686: speira (pronounced spi'-rah)

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

͂

speira

1) anything rolled into a circle or ball, anything wound, rolled up, folded together

2) a military cohort

2a) the tenth part of legion

2a1) about 600 men, i.e. legionaries

2a2) if auxiliaries either 500 or 1000

2a3) a maniple, or the thirtieth part of a legion

2b) any band, company, or detachment, of soldiers

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of immed. Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G138 in the sense of its cognate G1507

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Matthew 27:27: "him the whole band"
Mark 15:16: "and they call together the whole band."
John 18:3: "Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the"
John 18:12: "Then the band and the captain and officers"
Acts 10:1: "Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian"
Acts 21:31: "unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar."
Acts 27:1: "Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band."