Reference: Band
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This spelling represents three historically distinct English words: (1) 'Band' in the sense of that which binds
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Then was Jacob greatly afraid, and in distress. So he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two camps,
And the curious band for fastening it, that is upon it, like the work thereof of the same, shall it be, - of gold blue and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen,
with the opening of the robe in the midst thereof, like the opening of a coat of mail, - a border to the opening thereof round about it might not be rent open.
and he gathered unto him men, and became captain of a band when David slew them of Zobah , - then went they to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
Gomer and all her hordes, The house of Togarmah the remote men of the North and all his hordes, Many peoples with thee.
Then shalt thou come up, Like a storm, shalt thou enter, Like a cloud covering the land, shalt thou be, - Thou and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.
Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus aside into the judgment-hall, gathered unto him all the band;
And, the soldiers, led him away, inside the court, which is a judgment-hall, - and called together the whole band;
Judas, therefore, receiving the band, and officers, from among the High-priests and from amongthe Pharisees, cometh thither, with lights and torches and weapons.
The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, apprehended Jesus, and bound him,
But, a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italian, -
When, also, they were seeking to slay him, there was carried up information, unto the captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion: -
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Band.
The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in
and elsewhere was the tenth part of a legion. It was called a "cohort," and numbered 400 to 600 men. [See ARMY]
See Army