John 18:12:3John.18.12.W3TAB
σπεῖρα
speira
“cohort”
- Transliteration
- SPEI-ra
- Extended
- SPEI-rah
- IPA
- /ˈspei.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- cohort
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SPEI-ra
- sentence
hê OUN SPEI-ra KAI ho khi-LI-ar-khos KAI hoi hy-pê-RE-tai TÔN i-ou-DAI-ÔN sy-NE-la-bon ton ee-ay-SOON KAI E-DÊ-san au-TON
Exegesis
The subject is a coordinated chain of agents: hē speira {ἡ σπεῖρα | hē speîra} ‘cohort,’ ho chiliarchos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khilíarkhos} ‘commander,’ and hoi huperetai tōn Ioudaiōn {οἱ ὑπηρέται τῶν Ἰουδαίων | hoi hypērétai tōn Ioudaíōn} ‘the officers of the Jews,’ with repeated kai {καί | kai} creating a deliberate piling up of responsibility.
Root and etymology
speirōsigma pi epsilon iota rho omega
“to scatter, sow”
In context — John 18:12
So the cohort, the commander, and the officers attached to the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
About this coordinate
John 18:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 18:12, so the Greek word σπεῖρα (speira) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.18.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.12.W3.S1) and character.