1885 - eparchia

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἐπαρχία
Transliteration: eparchia
Definition (short): province
Definition (full): a province

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of epi and archo (meaning a governor of a district, "eparch"); a special region of government, i.e. A Roman pr?Fecture -- province.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK archo

References

Strong's 1885: 2 Occurrences
KJV: And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
NASB: When he had read it, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,
KJV: Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
NASB: Festus then, having arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.