** σπείρα, -ης
(on this form of gen., v. M, Pr., 38, 48; Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, 12; Deiss., BS, 186), [in LXX: Jth 14:11, II Mac 8:23 12:20, 22 *;]
1. (= Lat. spira) anything 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 (v. Swete, Mk., 375; Westc.,Jo., 251 f.): Mt 27:27, Mk 15:16, Jo 18:3, 12, Ac 10:121:3127:1.†