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Meaning

Usually translated “cohort”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

cohort 5
the cohort 1
of the cohort 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 3
John 2
Matthew 1
Mark 1

4 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Mark 15:16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
John 18:12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
Acts 21:31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.

Greek dictionary

σπεῖρα speira · band

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “band” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BAND, noun

[See Bind and Bend.]

A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confined together.
In architecture, any flat low member of molding, broad but not deep, called also fascia, face or plinth.
Figuratively, any chain; any means of restraint; that which draws or confines.
Means of union or connection between persons; as, Hymen's bands.

All definitions and other forms of “band”

Any thing bound round or encircling another.
Something worn about the neck; as the bands of clergymen.
A company of soldiers; the body of men united under one flag or ensign.
A company of persons united in any common design; as a band of brothers.
A slip of canvas, sewed across a sail to strengthen it.

BAND, verb transitive

To bind together; to bind over with a band

To unite in a troop, company or confederacy.

BAND, verb intransitive

To unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.