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ἘΠΑΡΧΟΙ, ἐπαρχοι

EPARCHOI, eparchoi

Sounds Like: ep-AR-khoi

Translations: governors, prefects, rulers, magistrates

From the root: ΕΠΑΡΧΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to high-ranking officials or administrators, such as governors or prefects, who were appointed to oversee a province or region. It is a plural noun, indicating multiple such officials. It is used to describe those in positions of authority who manage affairs on behalf of a higher power, like a king or emperor.

Inflection: Nominative or Vocative, Masculine, Plural

Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 37:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
  • Book Three — 6:13
  • Book Five — 2:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
  • Ezra (Beta) — 6:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΑΡΧΟΣ.

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.

  • ἘΠΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) governors, (to) prefects, (to) satraps, (to) rulers
  • ἘΠΑΡΧΟΝ — governor, a governor, prefect, a prefect, ruler, a ruler, chief, a chief
  • ἘΠΑΡΧΟΣ — governor, a governor, prefect, a prefect, ruler, a ruler
  • ἘΠΑΡΧΟΥ — of a governor, of a prefect, of a ruler, of a commander, governors, prefects, rulers, commanders
  • ἘΠΑΡΧΟΥΣ — governors, a governor, prefects, a prefect
  • ἘΠΑΡΧΩΝ — governor, a governor, prefect, a prefect, ruler, a ruler, chief, a chief
  • ΕΠΑΡΧΟΝ — governor, a governor, prefect, a prefect, ruler, a ruler
  • ΕΠΑΡΧΟΣ — governor, a governor, prefect, a prefect, procurator, a procurator
  • ΕΠΑΡΧΟΥΣ — governors, prefects, rulers, a governor, a prefect, a ruler

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