Strong G2230ἡγεμονεύω
to govern
- Transliteration
- hēgemoneuō
- Pronunciation
- hayg-em-on-yoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2232; to act as ruler: - be governor.
Detailed definition
ἡγεμονεύω
(ἡγεμών),
1. to lead the way.
2. to lead in war, command (of. Ramsay, Was Christ born at Bethlehem?; DCG, ii, 463 f.).
3. to be governor of a province: with genitive loc., Luk.2:2 3:1.†
(AS)
(ἡγεμών),
1. to lead the way.
2. to lead in war, command (of. Ramsay, Was Christ born at Bethlehem?; DCG, ii, 463 f.).
3. to be governor of a province: with genitive loc., Luk.2:2 3:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2230 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- governor2
First verses
- Luke 2:2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡγεμον-εύω,
Doric dialect ἁγ-, lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.92)]; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθ᾽ ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρην 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197a:)]
c dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ.. ἡγεμονεύῃς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.46)]; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.261, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.5: twice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_ et _accusative_, τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.225)]; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.258.)]
II lead in war, rule, command, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_, Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε.. Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewhere, with _genitive_, Λοκρῶν δ᾽ ἡ. Αἴας [prev. work] 527, compare 552, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, 160, etc.)]; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.3, etc.)]; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 351e)]: absolutely, to have or take the command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474c)]:— passive, to be ruled, ὑπό τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61.—Signf. 11 never occurs in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, and signification 1 rarely in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)]
III to be governor, τῆς Συρίας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Eu. Luc.” 2.2: _absolutely_, “PTeb.” 302.7 (1st c.AD), “IGRom.” 3.162 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD), etc.)]
Doric dialect ἁγ-, lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.92)]; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθ᾽ ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρην 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197a:)]
c dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ.. ἡγεμονεύῃς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.46)]; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.261, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.5: twice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_ et _accusative_, τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.225)]; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.258.)]
II lead in war, rule, command, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_, Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε.. Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewhere, with _genitive_, Λοκρῶν δ᾽ ἡ. Αἴας [prev. work] 527, compare 552, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, 160, etc.)]; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.3, etc.)]; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 351e)]: absolutely, to have or take the command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474c)]:— passive, to be ruled, ὑπό τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61.—Signf. 11 never occurs in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, and signification 1 rarely in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)]
III to be governor, τῆς Συρίας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Eu. Luc.” 2.2: _absolutely_, “PTeb.” 302.7 (1st c.AD), “IGRom.” 3.162 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD), etc.)]