ἘΠΑΡΧΩ, ἐπαρχω
EPARCHŌ, eparchō
Sounds Like: ep-AR-kho
Translations: governor, a governor, ruler, a ruler, prefect, a prefect
From the root: ἘΠΑΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a governor, prefect, or ruler, typically someone in charge of a province or region. It denotes an official with administrative and judicial authority, often appointed by a higher power. It is used to describe someone who exercises authority over a specific territory or group of people.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 4:104
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΡΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΑΡΞΑΣ — having begun, having ruled, having presided over, having been governor
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