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Koine Greek wordlink #79286

SR GNT Yhn 18:12 σπεῖρα (speira) ‘the therefore cohort and the commander’ Strongs=46860 Lemma=speira
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Referred to from Word #79299 Referred to from Word #79302

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Only use of identical word form σπεῖρα (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπεῖρα’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘cohort’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘speira’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of the Cohort’, ‘of the cohort’, ‘cohort’.

Greek words (5) other than σπεῖρα (N-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘cohort’

YHN 18:3 σπεῖραν (speiran) N-AFS ‘Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) having received the cohort and from the’ SR GNT Yhn 18:3 word 6

MARK 15:16 σπεῖραν (speiran) N-AFS ‘they are calling_together all the cohort’ SR GNT Mark 15:16 word 20

MAT 27:27 σπεῖραν (speiran) N-AFS ‘him all the cohort’ SR GNT Mat 27:27 word 18

ACTs 21:31 σπείρης (speiraʸs) N-GFS ‘to the commander of the cohort that all is_being confounded’ SR GNT Acts 21:31 word 12

ACTs 27:1 σπείρης (speiraʸs) N-GFS ‘to a centurion by the name Youlios of the cohort of Augustus/(Sebastos)’ SR GNT Acts 27:1 word 23

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular