G1885
G1885 — ἐπαρχία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
eparchia (ep-ar-khee'-ah) n.
1. a special region of government, i.e. a Roman prefecture
[from a compound of G1909 and G757 (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch")]
KJV: province
Root(s): G1909, G757
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
province
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπάρχειος, ἐπαρχειον, "belonging to an ἔπαρχος or prefect"; ἐπάρχειος namely, ἐξουσία, equivalent to ἡ ἐπαρχίᾳ (see the following word), a perfecture, province: Act 25:1 T WH marginal reading So ἡ ἐπαρχιος, Eusebius, h. e. 2, 10, 3 (with the variant ἐπαρχειον); 2, 26, 2; 3, 33, 3; de mart. Pal. 8, 1; 13, 11.
STRONGS NT 1885: ἐπαρχίᾳἐπαρχίᾳ ἐπαρχεία T WH (see εἰ, ἰ)), ἐπαρχίας, ἡ (from ἔπαρχος i. e. ὁ ἐπ’ ἀρχή ὤν the one in command, prefect, governor), prefecture; i. e.
1. the office of ἔπαρχος or prefect.
2. the region subject to a prefect; a province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria (cf. Schürer, Zeitgesch., p. 144ff): Act 23:34; Act 25:1 (see the preceding word); (Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, Dio Cass.). Cf. Krebs, Observations, etc., p. 256ff; Fischer, De vitiis Lexicons of the N. T., p. 432ff; (BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπαρχία (province)
Acts 23:34
- KJV: And when the governor had read he asked of what province he was And when he understood that of Cilicia
- GK: αναγνούς δε ο ηγεμών και επερωτήσας εκ ποίας επαρχίας εστί και πυθόμενος ότι από Κιλικίας
Acts 25:1
- KJV: Now when Festus was come into the province after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem
- GK: Φήστος ουν επιβάς τη επαρχία μετά τρείς ημέρας ανέβη εις Ιεροσόλυμα από Καισαρείας