Strong G2232ἡγεμών
ruler
- Transliteration
- hēgemōn
- Pronunciation
- hayg-em-ohn'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2233; a leader that is chief person (or figuratively place) of a province: - governor prince ruler.
Detailed definition
ἡγεμών, -όνος, ὁ
(ἡγέομαι) [in LXX for אַלּוּף, שַׂר, etc.;]
1. a leader, guide.
2. a commander.
3. a governor of a province (proconsul, proprietor, legate, or procurator; but cf. ἀνθύπατος): Mat.10:18, Mrk.13:9, Luk.21:12, 1Pe.2:14; of the Procurator of Judæa, Mat.27:2, 11 27:14-15, 21 27:27 28:14, Luk.20:20, Act.23:24, 26 23:33 24:1, 10 26:30.
4. For Heb. אַלְפֵי (LXX, χίλιαι) misread אַלֻּפֵי, leaders: Mat.2:6 (OT).†
(AS)
(ἡγέομαι) [in LXX for אַלּוּף, שַׂר, etc.;]
1. a leader, guide.
2. a commander.
3. a governor of a province (proconsul, proprietor, legate, or procurator; but cf. ἀνθύπατος): Mat.10:18, Mrk.13:9, Luk.21:12, 1Pe.2:14; of the Procurator of Judæa, Mat.27:2, 11 27:14-15, 21 27:27 28:14, Luk.20:20, Act.23:24, 26 23:33 24:1, 10 26:30.
4. For Heb. אַלְפֵי (LXX, χίλιαι) misread אַלֻּפֵי, leaders: Mat.2:6 (OT).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2232 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- governor18
- ruler2
- prince1
First verses
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
- Matthew 10:18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
- Matthew 27:2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
- Matthew 27:11And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
- Matthew 27:14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- Matthew 27:15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- Matthew 27:21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
- Matthew 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
- Matthew 27:27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
- Matthew 28:14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
- Mark 13:9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
- Luke 20:20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Luke 21:12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
- Acts 23:24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
- Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
- Acts 23:33Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
- Acts 23:34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
- Acts 24:1And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Acts 24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
- Acts 26:30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡγεμών,
Doric dialect ἁγ-, Aeolic dialect ἀγίμων [Refs (“IG” 12(2).164 (Mytil.), +others)], όνος, ; also ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 722, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oec.” (below 11))]:— one who leads; and so,
I in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)], guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (10.505, 15.310, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.14, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1014, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97b; ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.31, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 281, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.4; ἡ. ποδὸς τυφλοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1616; ἡγεμόνες τοῦ πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.50)]; of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 804.)]
I.2 one who does a thing first, shows the way to others, τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡ. ἠθῶν χρηστῶν γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 670e; πατέρες τῆς σοφίας καὶ ἡ. [prev. author] “Ly.” 214a; πόνους τοῦ ζῆν ἡδέως ἡγεμόνας νομίζετε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.12; τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.24; [ἀχαριστία] ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.7)]: absolutely, of choir-leaders, Mnemos.[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (47.253 (Argos, 2nd-1st c.BC).)]
II in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], leader, commander, chief, opposed to λαοί, πληθύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.365, 11.304: with _genitive_, ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν, φυλάκων, etc., 2.487, 9.85, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.43, 7.62, +others)]; στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ. τῶν 'Ελλήνων πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον[Refs ([prev. work] 158; ἡ. τῶν πολέμων [prev. author] 9.33)]; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ [στρατηγῶν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89)]; ={λοχαγός}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 5.6; ἡ. τῶν ἐν προχειρισμῷ “PAmh.” 2.39 (2nd c.BC))]; chief, sovereign, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).22, etc.; ἡ. γῆς τῆσδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 103, compare “OC” 289; πάντων.. καὶ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.14; ἡ. συμμορίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157)]; of the queen-bee and queen-wasp, regarded by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus as males, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 553a25, 629a3 (but ἡ τῶν μελισσῶν ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.32, compare 38))]; ὁ ἡ. τῶν προβάτων, of the bell-wether, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 573b24)]; τῶν βοῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 575b1; νέμειν τὰ κρέα τοῦ ἡγεμόνος βοός “SIG” 144.36 (Piraeus, 4th c.BC),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.29.)]
II.b ἡ. χοροῦ leader of a chorus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.106; παῖδες ἡ. “IG” 7.3196 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]; president of a gymnasium, [Refs ([prev. work]3.1086, +others)]
II.c a Roman Emperor, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.3.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, +others)]; as translation of princeps, [Refs (Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.9)]; ἡ. νεότητος, = Latin princeps juventutis, [Refs ([prev. work]18)]; a provincial governor, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.25, NT.Matt.27.2, NT.Act.23.24)]: frequently of the praefectus Aegypti, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 119.4 (1st c.AD))], etc.; ἡ. ἀμφοτέρων, i.e. of Upper and Lower Egypt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 39.6 (1st c.AD))]; ἡ. Κύπρου [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Tab. Defix.Aud.” 25.13 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.2 as adjective, ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119a)]; [ναῦς], of the flagship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 722; ἡ. τῆς φυλῆς κορυφαῖος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60 (assuming variant); ἡ. πόδες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 490b5, “IA” 713b32: as _neuter_, ἡγεμόσι μέρεσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91e.)]
III in Prosody, ={πυρρίχιος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 17, “Dem.” 47.)]
IV ἡγεμόνες, Doric dialect ἁγ-, αἱ, in Architecture, coping-tiles of the roof, [Refs (“IG” 22.463.70, 1627.303, 4.1484.100 (Epid.).)]
V a kind of fish, ={ἡγητήρ} 2, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.980f.)]
Doric dialect ἁγ-, Aeolic dialect ἀγίμων [Refs (“IG” 12(2).164 (Mytil.), +others)], όνος, ; also ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 722, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oec.” (below 11))]:— one who leads; and so,
I in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)], guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (10.505, 15.310, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.14, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1014, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97b; ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.31, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 281, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.4; ἡ. ποδὸς τυφλοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1616; ἡγεμόνες τοῦ πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.50)]; of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 804.)]
I.2 one who does a thing first, shows the way to others, τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡ. ἠθῶν χρηστῶν γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 670e; πατέρες τῆς σοφίας καὶ ἡ. [prev. author] “Ly.” 214a; πόνους τοῦ ζῆν ἡδέως ἡγεμόνας νομίζετε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.12; τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.24; [ἀχαριστία] ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.7)]: absolutely, of choir-leaders, Mnemos.[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (47.253 (Argos, 2nd-1st c.BC).)]
II in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], leader, commander, chief, opposed to λαοί, πληθύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.365, 11.304: with _genitive_, ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν, φυλάκων, etc., 2.487, 9.85, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.43, 7.62, +others)]; στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ. τῶν 'Ελλήνων πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον[Refs ([prev. work] 158; ἡ. τῶν πολέμων [prev. author] 9.33)]; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ [στρατηγῶν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.89)]; ={λοχαγός}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 5.6; ἡ. τῶν ἐν προχειρισμῷ “PAmh.” 2.39 (2nd c.BC))]; chief, sovereign, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).22, etc.; ἡ. γῆς τῆσδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 103, compare “OC” 289; πάντων.. καὶ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.14; ἡ. συμμορίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157)]; of the queen-bee and queen-wasp, regarded by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus as males, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 553a25, 629a3 (but ἡ τῶν μελισσῶν ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.32, compare 38))]; ὁ ἡ. τῶν προβάτων, of the bell-wether, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 573b24)]; τῶν βοῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 575b1; νέμειν τὰ κρέα τοῦ ἡγεμόνος βοός “SIG” 144.36 (Piraeus, 4th c.BC),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.29.)]
II.b ἡ. χοροῦ leader of a chorus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.106; παῖδες ἡ. “IG” 7.3196 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]; president of a gymnasium, [Refs ([prev. work]3.1086, +others)]
II.c a Roman Emperor, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.3.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, +others)]; as translation of princeps, [Refs (Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.9)]; ἡ. νεότητος, = Latin princeps juventutis, [Refs ([prev. work]18)]; a provincial governor, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.25, NT.Matt.27.2, NT.Act.23.24)]: frequently of the praefectus Aegypti, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 119.4 (1st c.AD))], etc.; ἡ. ἀμφοτέρων, i.e. of Upper and Lower Egypt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 39.6 (1st c.AD))]; ἡ. Κύπρου [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Tab. Defix.Aud.” 25.13 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.2 as adjective, ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119a)]; [ναῦς], of the flagship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 722; ἡ. τῆς φυλῆς κορυφαῖος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60 (assuming variant); ἡ. πόδες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 490b5, “IA” 713b32: as _neuter_, ἡγεμόσι μέρεσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91e.)]
III in Prosody, ={πυρρίχιος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 17, “Dem.” 47.)]
IV ἡγεμόνες, Doric dialect ἁγ-, αἱ, in Architecture, coping-tiles of the roof, [Refs (“IG” 22.463.70, 1627.303, 4.1484.100 (Epid.).)]
V a kind of fish, ={ἡγητήρ} 2, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.980f.)]