Eparchia

ep-ar-khee'-ah
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Eparchia Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 2
  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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
eparcia
Origin
from a compound of (1909) and (757) (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch")
Strong's Number
1885
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

province
2
Total
2

NAS Verse Count

2
Total
2
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Eparchia". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.