G4686

σπεῖρα

speîra

/spi'-rah/

Definition

a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)

of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of G0138 in the sense of its cognate G1507;

band.