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Toparchy

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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TOPARCHY . A compound word from Greek topos (place) and archç (rule), found only in 1Ma 11:28 (cf. 1Ma 10:30; 1Ma 10:38; 1Ma 10:11-34 ) among the sacred books, but very many times in the papyri of Egypt (with reference to that country). It means a very small administrative division of territory. Three toparchies were detached from Samaria and added to Judæa in Maccabæan times.

A. Souter.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Toparchy'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​t/toparchy.html. 1909.
 
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