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Band

(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Study overview

Study at a glance

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H0092, H0102, H0612, H1416, H2903, H3704, H3862, H4147, H7196, H0613, G4686
Hebrew
אֲגֻדָּה · ʼăguddâh
Greek
σπεῖρα · speira

Strong’s and original-language information

STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

σπεῖρα

G4686
Transliteration
speira
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

band

Lexicon definition

σπείρα, -ης (on this form of genitive, see M, Pr., 38, 48; Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, 12; Deiss., BS, 186), [in LXX: Jdth.14:11, 2Ma.8:23 2Mac 12:20 2Mac 12:22 * ;] __1. (= Lat. spira) anything wound or rolled up, a coil. __2. As a military term used (by Polyb. and later writers) of a body of soldiers, a maniple (third part of a cohort) or cohort (see Swete, Mk., 375; Westc., Jo., 251 f.): Mat.27:27, Mrk.15:16, Jhn.18:3, 12, Act.10:1 21:31 27:1.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Σπεῖρα

Lexicon
Indexed occurrences
0

Lexicon definition

any thing twisted or wreathed, a cord, coil, band, &c.; a band of soldiers, company, troop; used for a Roman maniple, or, cohort, Mat. 27.27. Ac. 10.1; the temple guard, Jno. 18.3, 12.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bands

(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ's body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek. 37:15-28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (Ps. 73:4; Job 21:7; Ps. 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zech. 11:7).

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references105 references

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Sources

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