Strong G2231ἡγεμονία
reign
- Transliteration
- hēgemonia
- Pronunciation
- hayg-em-on-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2232; government that is (in time) official term: - reign.
Detailed definition
ἡγεμονία, -ας, ἡ
(ἡγεμών), [in LXX: Gen.36:30 (אַלּוּף), Num.1:52 2:17, (דֶּגֶל), Sir.7:4 10:1, 4Ma.6:33 4Mac 13:4 *;]
rule, sovereignty: Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
(ἡγεμών), [in LXX: Gen.36:30 (אַלּוּף), Num.1:52 2:17, (דֶּגֶל), Sir.7:4 10:1, 4Ma.6:33 4Mac 13:4 *;]
rule, sovereignty: Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2231 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reign1
First verses
- 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,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡγεμον-ία, ἡ,
leading the way, going first, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93)]; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711c.)]
II authority, rule, of dynasties or nations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 3.65, etc.)]; of a general or officer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.91; ἐν ἡγεμονίαις [prev. author] 7.15)]; ἡ ἡ. τῶν Ἰώνων τοῦ πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2)]; ἡ κατὰ πόλεμον ἡ., τῶν πολεμικῶν ἡ ἡ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285b9, 18; αἱ ἡ. τῶν στρατοπέδων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; τῶν ὀπισθοφυλάκων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8)]; ἡ. δικαστηρίου presidency in a court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.14)]; headship of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.59 M.)]
II.2 political supremacy, ἡ ἡ. τῆς 'Ελλάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.33; παρ᾽ ἑκόντων τῶν 'Ελλήνων τὴν ἡ. ἐλάβομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.30; ἡ. ἡ κατὰ θάλατταν [prev. author] 12.67, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 23.2)]; ἡ ἐν 'Αρείῳ πάγῳ βουλὴ οὐδενὶ δόγματι λαβοῦσα τὴν ἡ.[Refs ([prev. work] 1, compare “Pol.” 1304a23)]; political leadership of an individual, [Refs ([prev. work] 1296a39; γένος ὑπερέχον πρὸς ἡ. πολιτικήν [prev. work] 1288a9.)]
II.2.b = Latin imperium, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 60.17, etc.; Αἴγυπτον δήμου 'Ρωμαίων ἡγεμονίᾳ προσέθηκα “Mon.Anc.Gr.” 15.1; τοῖς καλοῖς τῆς ἡ. νόμοις 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 39.7)]; τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 30)]; reign of an Emperor, [NT (NT.Luke.3.1)]; office of prefect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 237v6 (2nd c.AD), +others)]
III military unit, regiment, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.657 (_plural_), “PRein.” 9.13 (2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 23 (_plural_))]; but αἱ μείζονες ἡ. the higher commands, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 10.4.)]
IV chief thing, principal part, ἡ. τῆς τέχνης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.5.)]
V a principality, [LXX (LXX.Gen.36.30)]; a Roman governorship, ἡ 'Ιλλυρίδος ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.7.2, compare 7.5.2)]; tenure of office of a governor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PRyl. 77.36 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ Ἡ. the Government, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PGrenf. 2.73.11 (3rd c.AD).)]
leading the way, going first, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93)]; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711c.)]
II authority, rule, of dynasties or nations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 3.65, etc.)]; of a general or officer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.91; ἐν ἡγεμονίαις [prev. author] 7.15)]; ἡ ἡ. τῶν Ἰώνων τοῦ πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2)]; ἡ κατὰ πόλεμον ἡ., τῶν πολεμικῶν ἡ ἡ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285b9, 18; αἱ ἡ. τῶν στρατοπέδων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; τῶν ὀπισθοφυλάκων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8)]; ἡ. δικαστηρίου presidency in a court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.14)]; headship of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.59 M.)]
II.2 political supremacy, ἡ ἡ. τῆς 'Ελλάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.33; παρ᾽ ἑκόντων τῶν 'Ελλήνων τὴν ἡ. ἐλάβομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.30; ἡ. ἡ κατὰ θάλατταν [prev. author] 12.67, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 23.2)]; ἡ ἐν 'Αρείῳ πάγῳ βουλὴ οὐδενὶ δόγματι λαβοῦσα τὴν ἡ.[Refs ([prev. work] 1, compare “Pol.” 1304a23)]; political leadership of an individual, [Refs ([prev. work] 1296a39; γένος ὑπερέχον πρὸς ἡ. πολιτικήν [prev. work] 1288a9.)]
II.2.b = Latin imperium, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 60.17, etc.; Αἴγυπτον δήμου 'Ρωμαίων ἡγεμονίᾳ προσέθηκα “Mon.Anc.Gr.” 15.1; τοῖς καλοῖς τῆς ἡ. νόμοις 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 39.7)]; τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 30)]; reign of an Emperor, [NT (NT.Luke.3.1)]; office of prefect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 237v6 (2nd c.AD), +others)]
III military unit, regiment, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.657 (_plural_), “PRein.” 9.13 (2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 23 (_plural_))]; but αἱ μείζονες ἡ. the higher commands, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 10.4.)]
IV chief thing, principal part, ἡ. τῆς τέχνης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.5.)]
V a principality, [LXX (LXX.Gen.36.30)]; a Roman governorship, ἡ 'Ιλλυρίδος ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.7.2, compare 7.5.2)]; tenure of office of a governor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PRyl. 77.36 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ Ἡ. the Government, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PGrenf. 2.73.11 (3rd c.AD).)]