ΣΠΙΡΕ, σπιρε
SPIRE, spire
Sounds Like: SPEI-reh
Translations: cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
From the root: ΣΠΕΙΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a Roman military cohort, which typically consisted of 600 men. It can also refer more generally to a company or band of people. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe a detachment of soldiers.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4686 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 13:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΕΙΡΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΣΠΙΡΑ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΕΣΠΙΡΑΤΕ — you all sowed, you all scattered, you all planted
- ΣΠΕΙΡΑ — cohort, a cohort, band, a band, company, a company
- ΣΠΕΙΡΑΙΣ — coils, bands, companies, cohorts
- ΣΠΕΙΡΗΔΟΝ — in companies, in cohorts, in bands, in detachments
- ΣΠΙΡΑ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΣΠΙΡΑΙ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΣΠΙΡΑΝ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΣΠΙΡΑΣ — of a cohort, of a company, cohorts, companies
- ΣΠΙΡΑΤΕ — you sow, you scatter, you plant
- ΣΠΙΡΕΤΑΙ — is sown, are sown, is being sown, are being sown
- ΣΠΙΡΕΤΕ — you sow, you scatter, you plant
- ΣΠΙΡΗΣ — of a cohort, of a company, of a band
- ΣΠΙΡΗΤΑΙ — cohorts, companies, a cohort, a company
- ΣΠΙΡΙΝ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΣΠΙΡΟΜΕΝΟΝ — sowing, being sown, that which is sown
- ΣΠΙΡΟΝ — cohort, a cohort, band, a band, company, a company
- ΣΠΙΡΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) a cohort, (of) a company, (of) a band
- ΣΠΙΡΟΤΙ — of a cohort, of a company, of a band
- ΣΠΙΡΩΝ — of a cohort, of a company, of a military unit
- ΣΠΙΡΩΣΙΝ — cohort, a cohort, company, a company, band, a band
- ΤΩΝΣΠΕΙΡΩΝ — of the cohort, of the company, of the band, of the legion, of the troop
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