International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Cohort

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Cohort


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kō´hort: In the Revised Version, margin of ; ; , ; ; ; , the translation of speı́ra (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), “band”); the tenth part of a legion; ordinarily about 600 men. In Jn 18 the word seems to be used loosely of a smaller body of soldiers, a detachment, detail. See ARMY; BAND.