04686

@LINK σπείρα

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4686. σπεῖρα σπεῖρα, ἡ, I. Lat. spira, anything wound or coiled: in pl. the coils or spires of a serpent, Eur.; also σπείραις δικτυοκλώστοις with the net's meshy folds, Soph.
2. σπεῖραι βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-hide bound round a boxer's fist, the caestus, Theocr.
II. a body of men-at-arms, the Roman manipulus, = two centuries, Polyb.:—also a cohort, NTest.

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4686. σπεῖρα spei'ra speira {spi'-rah}
of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507; 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 for 1507 see GREEK for 138

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4686 matsuwd maw-tsood'

or (feminine) mtsuwdah {mets-oo-daw'}; or mtsudah
{mets-oo-daw'}; for 4685; a net, or (abstractly) capture; also
a fastness; --castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be
hunted, net, snare, strong place.
see HEBREW for 04685