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Strong's #2230 - ἡγεμονεύω
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- to be leader, to lead the way
- to rule, command
- of a province, to be governor of a province
- said of a proconsul, of a procurator
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ἡγεμον-εύω,
Dor. ἁγ-,
I lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον Il. 16.92; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, Od. 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθ' ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφ' ἡμετέρην Theoc. 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος Pl. Smp. 197a: dat. pers., Od. 3.386, 8.4, Hes. Th. 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ.. ἡγεμονεύῃς Il. 15.46; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ' ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω Od. 6.261, cf. Parm. 1.5: twice in Hom., c. dat. et acc., τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε Od. 24.225; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, Il. 21.258.
II lead in war, rule, command, once in Hom., c. dat., Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε.. Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewh., c. gen., Λοκρῶν δ' ἡ. Αἴας ib. 527, cf. 552, Hdt. 7.99, 160, etc.; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. X. Ages. 1.3, etc.; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, Pl. Prt. 351e: abs., to have or take the command, Hdt. 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει Pl. R. 474c: — Pass., to be ruled, ὑπό τινος Th. 3.61. — Signf. 11 never occurs in Od., and signf. 1 rarely in Il.
III to be governor, τῆς Συρίας Eu. Luke 2:2 : abs., PTeb. 302.7 (i A.D.), IGRom. 3.162 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), etc.
ἡγεμονεύω; (ἡγεμών); (from Homer down);
a. to be leader, to lead the way.
b. to rule, command: with the genitive of a province (cf. Buttmann, 169 (147)), to be governor of a province, said of a proconsul, Luke 2:2; of a procurator, Luke 3:1.
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* ἡγερονεύω
(< 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: c. gen. loc., Luke 2:2; Luke 3:1.†
* ἐπιτροπεύω
(< ἐπίτροπος , a procurator),
to govern: Luke 3:1 (WH, mg., for ἡγεμονεύοντος , an obvious correction for precision).†
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ἡγεμονεύω is applied to the rule of a prefect in P Tebt II. 302.7 (A.D. 7) ἐπὶ Πετρωνίου ] τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντος, ";in the prefecture of P.";, P Ryl II. 113.20 (A.D. 133) of a case—δεομέ [ν ]ου ̣ τῆς διαγνώσεως Φλαυίου Τιτιανοῦ τότε τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντ (ος), ";which required the decision of the late praefect Flavins Titianus"; (Edd.), and P Strass I. 41.17 (A.D. 250) ̕Α ̣ννιανῷ τῷ ἡγεμο ̣ν ̣εύσ ̣αντι ἡ ἡμετέρα βιβλίδ [ι ]ον ἐπέδωκεν, ";my client gave in her petition to the late prefect Annianus."; It may be noted that in Luke 3:1 Cod. Bezae reads ἐπιτροπεύοντος for ἡγεμονεύοντος.
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