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Toparchy

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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tō´par - ki , top´ar - ki ( τοπαρχία , toparchı́a ): the King James Version renders this Greek word by "government" in 1 Maccabees 11:28 (the King James Version margin and the Revised Version (British and American) "province"). It denotes a small administrative district corresponding to the modern Turkish Nahieh , administered by a Mudı̄r . Three such districts were detached from the country of Samaria and added to Judea. Elsewhere ( 1 Maccabees 10:30; 11:34 ) the word used to describe them is nómos . Some idea of the size of these districts may be gathered from the fact that Judea was divided into ten (Pliny v. 14) or eleven ( BJ , III, iii, 5) toparchies.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Toparchy'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​t/toparchy.html. 1915.
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