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1885 – ἐπαρχία (eparchia)

province


Type:
Noun
fem. ♀
Greek: ἐπαρχία (eparchia)
Pronunciation: ep-ar-khee-ah
Gematria: 797(5 + 80 + 1 + 100 + 600 + 10 + 1)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From a compound of G1909 and G0757 (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch")
Usage: 2 times in NT

Description

  1. The office of a governor or prefect.
  2. The region subject to a prefect.
    1. A province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria.


Origin

From a compound of G1909 and G0757 (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch"):

ἄρχωarchoG0757rule over

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into eparchia :

מְדִינָהmedinahH4082province

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
N-DSF-1
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF-1


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Usage in NT


2
Total    2

References (2 occurances in 2 verses)




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