Of immediate Latin {origin} but ultimately a derivative of G138 in the sense of its {cognate} G1507; a coil ({spira} {spire}) that {is} (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also [by analogy] a squad of Levitical janitors): - band.
Joh 18:3Judas then, having received a bandG4686of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Act 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' bandG4686.