σπεῖρα

Noun

speira · band

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4686

Lexical summary

7

NT occurrences

3

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Anything twisted or wreathed, a cord, coil, band, etc.; a band of soldiers, company, troop; used for a Roman cohort, about 600 soldiers, Mt. 27:27; Acts 10:1; the temple guard, Mk. 15:16; Jn. 18:3, 12; Acts 21:31; 27:1*

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
John 18:12
Genitive
Acts 10:1
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 27:27
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

σπεῖρα

Book distribution counts: Acts: 3 occurrences; John: 2 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; Matthew: 1 occurrences

Author

σπεῖρα
  • Luke3
  • John2
  • Mark1
  • Matthew1

Author distribution counts: Luke: 3 occurrences; John: 2 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; Matthew: 1 occurrences