| 4686. speira (spi'-rah) | |
of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of haireomai in the sense of its cognate heilisso; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)
band.
see GREEK heilisso
see GREEK haireomai