Words the Bible translates as band
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- maḥanehמַחֲנֶהan encampment: a body of people gathered in one place, whether an army in the field or a traveling community at rest
- gedudגְּדוּדa band of armed men who move and act together, most often to raid or plunder, though it can also mean a formal unit within a standing army, or the raid itself.
- avotעֲבֹתa braided cord: a rope of several strands twisted together, used to bind, harness, or fasten
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- interwoven foliage: the dense, tangled boughs at the crown of a great tree
- speiraσπεῖραa cohort: a unit of the Roman army, several hundred soldiers serving under one commander
- ḥeshevחֵשֶׁבthe designed waistband of the high priest's ephod: a richly woven belt made in one piece with the vestment it holds in place.
- aggaphאֲגַףa leader's own troops: the fighting companies massed with a named king or commander
- aguddahאֲגֻדָּהbandnot studied yet
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