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band

Meaning of “band”

Sense 1: A strip, fastening, or binding part. Sense 2: A company or organized body of people, especially soldiers. Sense 3: To unite or associate together for a common purpose.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828
19 occurrences18 verses13 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 39:23

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John 18:3
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 18:3 · retained source text

Iudas then hauing receiued a band of men, and officers from the chiefe Priests and Pharisees, commeth thither with lanternes and torches, and weapons.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 26.47.

John 18:12
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 18:12 · retained source text

Then the band and the captaine, and officers of the Iewes, tooke Iesus, and bound him,

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Historical definitions

To unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.

volume 1, leaf 236, column 3 (main_dictionary)