Reference: Band
Hastings
This spelling represents three historically distinct English words: (1) 'Band' in the sense of that which binds
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and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
And the girdle of his ephod which is on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
and the opening of the upper robe is in its midst, as the opening of a habergeon, a border is to its opening round about, it is not rent;
and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David's slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus;
Gomer and all its bands, The house of Togarmah of the sides of the north, And all its bands, many peoples with thee,
And thou hast gone up -- as wasting thou comest in, As a cloud to cover the land art thou, Thou and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee.
then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,
Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons;
The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,
And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,
and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into 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