GreekG1885Noun (Feminine)
ἐπαρχία
eparchia
“province”
2Occurrences
G1885Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a special region of government, i.e. a Roman præfecture
from a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and G757 (ἄρχω) (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch");
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ας, ἡ (ἔπαρχος, a prefect), the jurisdiction of a prefect, a province.† *†ἐπάρχεισς, -ον, of a prefect: ἡ ἐ. (sc. ἐξουσία) = ἐπαρχεια, which see.
LXX: (מְדִינָה), A*
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἐπαρχία appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
2
Key Passages
Acts 23:34BSB
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
Acts 25:1BSB
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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