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Greek - English Dictionary

G1885 - Province

Strong's No.:G1885

Greek:ἐπαρχία

Transliteration:eparchia

Phonetic:ep-ar-khee'-ah

Word Origin:From a compound of G1909 and G757 (meaning a governor of a district eparch)

Bible Usage:province.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

a special region of government that is a Roman praefecture


Thayers
Definition:

1. the office of a governor or prefect

2. the region subject to a prefect

a. a province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria


Bible References:
Province

Translation
Occurrences:
province ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.