GreekG2230Verb
ἡγεμονεύω
hēgemoneuō
“to govern”
2Occurrences
G2230Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to act as ruler
from G2232 (ἡγεμών);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
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Morphology Code
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Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἡγεμονεύω appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Luke
2
Key Passages
Luke 2:2BSB
This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 3:1BSB
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.