발음 : 에팔키아 eparchia {ep-ar-khee'-ah}
어근 : 합성어 2 *1909 *757
어의 : 특별지역, 로마의 도(주)
문법 : 여성형 명사
from a compound of 1909 and 757 (meaning a governor of a
district, "eparch");
AV - province 2; 2
1) the office of a governor or prefect
2) the region subject to a prefect
2a) a province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria