Strong G2233ἡγέομαι
to govern
- Transliteration
- hēgeomai
- Pronunciation
- hayg-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71; to lead that is command (with official authority); figuratively to deem that is consider: - account (be) chief count esteem governor judge have the rule over suppose think.
Detailed definition
ἡγέομαι, -οῦμαι depon. mid.,
[in LXX (chiefly Pres. ptcp.) for נָגִיד, רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc.;]
1. to lead;
__(a) to guide, go before;
__(b) to rule, be leader: present ptcp., ἡγούενος, a ruler, leader (MM, Exp., xiv), Mat.2:6 (LXX), Luk.22:26, Act.7:10 14:12 15:22, Heb.13:7, 17 13:24.
2. to suppose, believe, consider, think (Hdt., Soph., al.; of. Lat. duco): with dupl. accusative, Act.26:2, Php.2:3, 6 3:7, 1Ti.1:12 6:1, Heb.10:29 11:11, 26, 2Pe.1:13 2:13 3:9 3:15; with accusative before ὡς, with accusative, 2Th.3:15; with accusative before adv., 1Th.5:13; ὅταν, Jas.1:2; ἀναγκαῖον, with inf., 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25; δίκαιον, with inf., 2Pe.1:13; with accusative and inf., Php.3:8 (of. δι-, ἐκ-δι-, ἐξ- προ-ηγέομαι).†
SYN.: see: δοκέω (AS)
[in LXX (chiefly Pres. ptcp.) for נָגִיד, רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc.;]
1. to lead;
__(a) to guide, go before;
__(b) to rule, be leader: present ptcp., ἡγούενος, a ruler, leader (MM, Exp., xiv), Mat.2:6 (LXX), Luk.22:26, Act.7:10 14:12 15:22, Heb.13:7, 17 13:24.
2. to suppose, believe, consider, think (Hdt., Soph., al.; of. Lat. duco): with dupl. accusative, Act.26:2, Php.2:3, 6 3:7, 1Ti.1:12 6:1, Heb.10:29 11:11, 26, 2Pe.1:13 2:13 3:9 3:15; with accusative before ὡς, with accusative, 2Th.3:15; with accusative before adv., 1Th.5:13; ὅταν, Jas.1:2; ἀναγκαῖον, with inf., 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25; δίκαιον, with inf., 2Pe.1:13; with accusative and inf., Php.3:8 (of. δι-, ἐκ-δι-, ἐξ- προ-ηγέομαι).†
SYN.: see: δοκέω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2233 appears in 27 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- count9
- think4
- rule3
- chief3
- esteem3
- governor2
- let2
- account1
- judge1
- suppose1
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.
- Luke 22:26But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
- Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Acts 14:12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 15:22Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
- Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
- 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
- Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- Philippians 2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
- Philippians 3:7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
- Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
- 1 Timothy 1:12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
- 1 Timothy 6:1Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
- Hebrews 10:29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
- Hebrews 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Hebrews 11:26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
- Hebrews 13:7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡγέομαι,
Doric dialect ἁγ- (irregular present participle ἁγώμενος [Refs (“Hymnus Curetum [3rd c.BC (?)]” 4),)]imperfect ἡγούμην[Refs (lines12.28, etc.)], Ionic dialect -εύμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, ἡγέοντο [prev. author] 9.15)]: future ἡγήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.374, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἡγησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.48, etc.:)]aorist 1 ἡγήθην[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (in _passive_ sense, “PGiss.” 48.20 (3rd c.AD) (compare περιηγ-))]: perfect ἥγημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 2.115, ἅγημαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.248)]:—go before, lead the way, ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθ᾽, ἡ δ᾽ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς 'Αθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.125; ἂν πάϊς ἡγήσαιτο νήπιος 6.300, etc.; πρόσθεν δὲ.. Ἶρις ἡγεῖτ᾽ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.96; ἡγοῦ πάροιθε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 834; ἡ. ἐπὶ νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.65; ἐς τεῖχος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.144; κλισίηνδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14. 48, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, etc.; ἡγησόμενος οὐδεὶς ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.5)]: Astron., precede in the daily movement, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 2.3, +others)]
b with dative person, Τρωσὶ ποτὶ πτόλιν ἡγήσασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.101; ἐκ Δουλιχίου.. ἡγεῖτο μνηστῆρσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.397; οἱ γὰρ βλέποντες τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἡγούμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 15; ἡ. τοῖς πολίταις πρὸς ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.2.)]
c with ὁδόν added, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.263; ἡ. τινὶ τὴν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.15.)]
d with accusative loci, ἥ οἱ.. πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο who might guide him to the city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.114, compare 7.22, 15.82; ἡ. βωμοὺς ἀστικούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 501.)]
e ἅρματα ἡ. drive chariots, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.23.)]
f of logical priority, to be antecedent, opposed to ἕπεσθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.71, 88, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.110, +others, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 241, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis libros de Generatione et Corruptione commentaria - pars” 195.13, “in Ph.” 496.14.)]
g ἡγούμενον, τό, the leading principle, the main thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 63.14, compare 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.47.)]
2 with dative person et genitive of things, to be one's leader in a thing, θεῖος ἀοιδὸς.. ἡμῖν ἡγείσθω.. ὀρχηθμοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.134)]; ἡ. τινὶ σοφίας, ᾠδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.125d; ἀλήθεια δὴ πάντων μὲν ἀγαθῶν θεοῖς ἡγεῖται πάντων δὲ ἀνθρώποις [prev. author] “Lg.” 730c; ἡ. τοῦ χοροῦ Πέρσαις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.1, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 313:)] with genitive _of things_, ἁ. νόμων to lead the song, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.25; φρόνησις ἡ. τοῦ ὀρθῶς πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97c; ἡ. παντὸς καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.15: also, τὸ ὀρθῶς τοῖς τοιούτοις χρῆσθαι ἐπιστήμη ἦν ἡγουμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 281a.)]
3 with dative of things, to be leader in.. , κερδοσύνῃ, νηπιέῃσι ἡ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.247, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.469.)]
4 with accusative of things, lead, conduct, ἡ. τὰς πομπάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.174)]; τὴν ἀποδημίαν (variant for{ᾐτήσατο}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Dinon Historicus 7; τὰς τύχας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 226)]: with adverbial accusative, ἡ γλῶσσα πάνθ᾽ ἡγουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 99.)]
5 participle ἡγούμενος, η, ον, as adjective, σκέλη ἡγούμενα, opposed to ἑπόμενα, the front legs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 713b6)]; ὁ ἡ. πούς the advanced foot, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 74.)]
II lead, command in war, with dative, νῆες θοαί, ᾗσιν 'Αχιλλεὺς ἐς Τροίην ἡγεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.169, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.238)]; οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο might lead them to their ranks, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.687; ἡ. Τρώεσσιν ἐς Ἴλιον 5.211; ἡ. Μῄοσιν 2.864; λόγχαισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1360; ἑτέροις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.6; ἐν ταῖς στρατείαις, αἷς ἡγεῖται βασιλεύς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.180: also generally, πόλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 282.24; but usually with _genitive_, Σαρπηδὼν δ᾽ ἡγήσατ᾽.. ἐπικούρων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.101; ἡγήσατο λαῶν 15.311, compare 2.567, +others; ἡ. τῆς ἐξόδου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.10; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.45)]: absolutely, to be in command, [Refs ([prev. author] 16.21, etc.)]
II.2 rule, have dominion, with genitive, τῆς 'Ασίης, τῆς συμμαχίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 7.148; οἱ Θεσσαλίης ἡγεόμενοι [prev. author] 9.1: _absolutely_, οἱ ἡγούμενοι)] the rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 386, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1363; ἡ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς)]leading men, [NT (NT.Acts.15.22)]; ἡ. σχολῆς to be the head of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Acad. Ind.” p.107 M., +others)]
II.3 as official title, ἡγούμενος, ὁ, president, συνόδου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.67.3 (3rd c.AD); γερδίων [prev. work] 43.9 (1st c.AD))]; ἱερέων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.281.2 (1st c.AD): _absolutely_, “PFay.” 110.26 (1st c.AD).)]
II.3.b of Roman governors, ἡ. ἔθνους,= Latin praeses provinciae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 1020.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; ἡ. τῆς Γαλατίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 44.)]
II.3.c of subordinate officials, ἡ. τοῦ στρατηγοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 294.19 (1st c.AD))]; κώμης [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 125.3 (1st c.AD).)]
II.3.d abbot, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 7.1, +others: _feminine_ -μένη)] abbess, [Refs ([prev. passage])]
II.4 ἡγούμενος as adjective, principal, πυλών [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 382.15 (3rd c.AD), “POxy.” 55.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
III post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], believe, hold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (usually in _perfect_ ἥγημαι, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἡγέαται))], etc.; ἡ. τι εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, +others; ἡγεῖσθε δὲ [θεοὺς] βλέπειν.. πρὸς τὸν εὐσεβῆ βροτῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 278, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1020 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
III.2 with an attributive word added, ἡ. τινὰ βασιλέα hold or regard as king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; μηδ᾽ αὐθαδίαν εὐβουλίας ἀμείνον᾽ ἡγήσῃ ποτέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1035; ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον [prev. author] “Ch.” 902, compare 905)]; ἡ. τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερα to hold everything else secondary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1442)]; οὐκ αἰσχρὸν ἡγῇ.. τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (; [prev. work] 108, compare “Ant.” 1167; τὰς τούτων ἀπορίας ἀντιπάλους ἡ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ πλήθει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10; περὶ πολλοῦ ἥγημαι μὴ ξεινοκτονέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115; περὶ πλείονος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.10; περὶ πλείστου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; περὶ οὐδενός 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.26)]; παρ᾽ οὐδέν Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164)]: with participle, πᾶν κέρδος ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 454.)]
III.3 especially of belief in gods, τὴν μεγίστην δαίμονα ἥγηνται εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, compare 3.8)]; ἡ. θεούς to believe in gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 32, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 800, “Ba.” 1326; δαίμονας ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 27d.)]
III.4 ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν think fit, deem necessary, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.23, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20: without δεῖν, παθεῖν μᾶλλον ἡγησάμενοι ἤ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42 (assuming variant); ἡγησάμην διατάγματι αὐτοὺς σωφρονίσαι “Inscription Magn.” 114 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡγήσατο ἐπαινέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346b)].
IV perfect in passive sense, τὰ ἁγημένα,= τὰ νομιζόμενα, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.66)]; ἡγεόμενον being led, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14 (ἀγόμενον Dind.): hence _active_ form ἡγέω, Hdn.Gr. 2.950)]. (sāg-, cf. Latin praesagio.)
Doric dialect ἁγ- (irregular present participle ἁγώμενος [Refs (“Hymnus Curetum [3rd c.BC (?)]” 4),)]imperfect ἡγούμην[Refs (lines12.28, etc.)], Ionic dialect -εύμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, ἡγέοντο [prev. author] 9.15)]: future ἡγήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.374, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἡγησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.48, etc.:)]aorist 1 ἡγήθην[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (in _passive_ sense, “PGiss.” 48.20 (3rd c.AD) (compare περιηγ-))]: perfect ἥγημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 2.115, ἅγημαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.248)]:—go before, lead the way, ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθ᾽, ἡ δ᾽ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς 'Αθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.125; ἂν πάϊς ἡγήσαιτο νήπιος 6.300, etc.; πρόσθεν δὲ.. Ἶρις ἡγεῖτ᾽ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.96; ἡγοῦ πάροιθε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 834; ἡ. ἐπὶ νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.65; ἐς τεῖχος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.144; κλισίηνδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14. 48, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, etc.; ἡγησόμενος οὐδεὶς ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.5)]: Astron., precede in the daily movement, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 2.3, +others)]
b with dative person, Τρωσὶ ποτὶ πτόλιν ἡγήσασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.101; ἐκ Δουλιχίου.. ἡγεῖτο μνηστῆρσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.397; οἱ γὰρ βλέποντες τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἡγούμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 15; ἡ. τοῖς πολίταις πρὸς ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.2.)]
c with ὁδόν added, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.263; ἡ. τινὶ τὴν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.15.)]
d with accusative loci, ἥ οἱ.. πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο who might guide him to the city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.114, compare 7.22, 15.82; ἡ. βωμοὺς ἀστικούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 501.)]
e ἅρματα ἡ. drive chariots, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.23.)]
f of logical priority, to be antecedent, opposed to ἕπεσθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.71, 88, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.110, +others, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 241, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis libros de Generatione et Corruptione commentaria - pars” 195.13, “in Ph.” 496.14.)]
g ἡγούμενον, τό, the leading principle, the main thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 63.14, compare 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.47.)]
2 with dative person et genitive of things, to be one's leader in a thing, θεῖος ἀοιδὸς.. ἡμῖν ἡγείσθω.. ὀρχηθμοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.134)]; ἡ. τινὶ σοφίας, ᾠδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.125d; ἀλήθεια δὴ πάντων μὲν ἀγαθῶν θεοῖς ἡγεῖται πάντων δὲ ἀνθρώποις [prev. author] “Lg.” 730c; ἡ. τοῦ χοροῦ Πέρσαις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.1, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 313:)] with genitive _of things_, ἁ. νόμων to lead the song, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.25; φρόνησις ἡ. τοῦ ὀρθῶς πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97c; ἡ. παντὸς καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.15: also, τὸ ὀρθῶς τοῖς τοιούτοις χρῆσθαι ἐπιστήμη ἦν ἡγουμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 281a.)]
3 with dative of things, to be leader in.. , κερδοσύνῃ, νηπιέῃσι ἡ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.247, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.469.)]
4 with accusative of things, lead, conduct, ἡ. τὰς πομπάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.174)]; τὴν ἀποδημίαν (variant for{ᾐτήσατο}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Dinon Historicus 7; τὰς τύχας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 226)]: with adverbial accusative, ἡ γλῶσσα πάνθ᾽ ἡγουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 99.)]
5 participle ἡγούμενος, η, ον, as adjective, σκέλη ἡγούμενα, opposed to ἑπόμενα, the front legs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 713b6)]; ὁ ἡ. πούς the advanced foot, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 74.)]
II lead, command in war, with dative, νῆες θοαί, ᾗσιν 'Αχιλλεὺς ἐς Τροίην ἡγεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.169, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.238)]; οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο might lead them to their ranks, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.687; ἡ. Τρώεσσιν ἐς Ἴλιον 5.211; ἡ. Μῄοσιν 2.864; λόγχαισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1360; ἑτέροις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.6; ἐν ταῖς στρατείαις, αἷς ἡγεῖται βασιλεύς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.180: also generally, πόλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 282.24; but usually with _genitive_, Σαρπηδὼν δ᾽ ἡγήσατ᾽.. ἐπικούρων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.101; ἡγήσατο λαῶν 15.311, compare 2.567, +others; ἡ. τῆς ἐξόδου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.10; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.45)]: absolutely, to be in command, [Refs ([prev. author] 16.21, etc.)]
II.2 rule, have dominion, with genitive, τῆς 'Ασίης, τῆς συμμαχίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 7.148; οἱ Θεσσαλίης ἡγεόμενοι [prev. author] 9.1: _absolutely_, οἱ ἡγούμενοι)] the rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 386, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1363; ἡ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς)]leading men, [NT (NT.Acts.15.22)]; ἡ. σχολῆς to be the head of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Acad. Ind.” p.107 M., +others)]
II.3 as official title, ἡγούμενος, ὁ, president, συνόδου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.67.3 (3rd c.AD); γερδίων [prev. work] 43.9 (1st c.AD))]; ἱερέων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.281.2 (1st c.AD): _absolutely_, “PFay.” 110.26 (1st c.AD).)]
II.3.b of Roman governors, ἡ. ἔθνους,= Latin praeses provinciae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 1020.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; ἡ. τῆς Γαλατίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 44.)]
II.3.c of subordinate officials, ἡ. τοῦ στρατηγοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 294.19 (1st c.AD))]; κώμης [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 125.3 (1st c.AD).)]
II.3.d abbot, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 7.1, +others: _feminine_ -μένη)] abbess, [Refs ([prev. passage])]
II.4 ἡγούμενος as adjective, principal, πυλών [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 382.15 (3rd c.AD), “POxy.” 55.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
III post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], believe, hold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (usually in _perfect_ ἥγημαι, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἡγέαται))], etc.; ἡ. τι εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, +others; ἡγεῖσθε δὲ [θεοὺς] βλέπειν.. πρὸς τὸν εὐσεβῆ βροτῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 278, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1020 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
III.2 with an attributive word added, ἡ. τινὰ βασιλέα hold or regard as king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; μηδ᾽ αὐθαδίαν εὐβουλίας ἀμείνον᾽ ἡγήσῃ ποτέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1035; ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον [prev. author] “Ch.” 902, compare 905)]; ἡ. τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερα to hold everything else secondary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1442)]; οὐκ αἰσχρὸν ἡγῇ.. τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (; [prev. work] 108, compare “Ant.” 1167; τὰς τούτων ἀπορίας ἀντιπάλους ἡ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ πλήθει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10; περὶ πολλοῦ ἥγημαι μὴ ξεινοκτονέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115; περὶ πλείονος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.10; περὶ πλείστου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; περὶ οὐδενός 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.26)]; παρ᾽ οὐδέν Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164)]: with participle, πᾶν κέρδος ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 454.)]
III.3 especially of belief in gods, τὴν μεγίστην δαίμονα ἥγηνται εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, compare 3.8)]; ἡ. θεούς to believe in gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 32, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 800, “Ba.” 1326; δαίμονας ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 27d.)]
III.4 ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν think fit, deem necessary, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.23, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20: without δεῖν, παθεῖν μᾶλλον ἡγησάμενοι ἤ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42 (assuming variant); ἡγησάμην διατάγματι αὐτοὺς σωφρονίσαι “Inscription Magn.” 114 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡγήσατο ἐπαινέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346b)].
IV perfect in passive sense, τὰ ἁγημένα,= τὰ νομιζόμενα, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.66)]; ἡγεόμενον being led, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14 (ἀγόμενον Dind.): hence _active_ form ἡγέω, Hdn.Gr. 2.950)]. (sāg-, cf. Latin praesagio.)