noun · feminine
eparcheias
Greekἐπαρχεία (eparcheia)
Strong’sG1885
sphere of duty, province
stem eparchei-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἐπαρχεία (Rec. -χία, v. Bl., § 3, 5), -ας, ἡ
(< ἔπαρχος, a prefect), [in LXX: Es 4:11 (מְדִינָה), Jth 3:6 A*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1885 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ar-khee'-ah
a special region of government, i.e. a Roman præfecture
Fromfrom a compound of G1909 and G757 (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch");
King Jamesprovince.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eparcheias | eparcheiais |
| object accusative | eparcheian | eparcheiain |
| direct address vocative | eparcheiar | eparcheiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eparcheiau1×ἐπαρχείας | eparcheiaiu |
| to, for dative | eparcheia1×ἐπαρχείᾳ | eparcheiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eparcheia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
eparcheiau“province”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 23:34“province”anaginōskaratos de kai eperōtaratos ek poiau eparcheiau atō kai punthaneratos hoti apo Kilikiau,The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
eparcheia“province”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 25:1“province”Fēstos oun epibainaratos ta eparcheia meta treis hēmerain anabainata eis Hierosolumeim apo Kaisareiau,Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,