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Lexicon :: Strong's G2232 - hēgemōn

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ἡγεμών
Transliteration
hēgemōn (Key)
Pronunciation
hayg-em-ohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἡγεμών hēgemṓn, hayg-em-ohn'; from G2233; a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province:—governor, prince, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2232 in the following manner: governor (19x), ruler (2x), prince (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2232 in the following manner: governor (19x), ruler (2x), prince (1x).

  1. a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign

    1. a "legatus Caesaris", an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor

      1. the governor of a province

    2. a procurator, an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a proprietor and had charge of the imperial revenues

      1. in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice. In the smaller provinces also, which were so to speak appendages of the greater, he discharged the functions of governor of the province; and such was the relation of the procurator of Judaea to the governor of Syria.

    3. first, leading, chief

      1. of a principal town as the capital of the region

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡγεμών hēgemṓn, hayg-em-ohn'; from G2233; a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province:—governor, prince, ruler.
STRONGS G2232:
ἡγεμών, -όνος, ὁ, (ἡγέομαι), in classical Greek a word of very various signification: a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign; in the N. T. specifically:
1. a 'legatus Caesaris,' an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor; the governor of a province: Matthew 10:18; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; 1 Peter 2:14.
2. a procurator (Vulg. praeses; Luth. Landpfleger), an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a propraetor and had charge of the imperial revenues; in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice, (called ἐπίτροπος, διοικητής, in secular authors). In the smaller provinces also, which were so to speak appendages of the greater, he discharged the functions of governor of the province; and such was the relation of the procurator of Judæa to the governor of Syria (cf. Krebs, Observations, p. 61ff; Fischer, De vitiis lexx. etc., p. 432ff; Winers RWB under the word Procuratoren; Sieffert in Herzog 2 under the word Landpfleger; Krenkel in Schenkel 4:7; [BB. DD. under the word Procurator]); so of Pilate, Felix, Festus: Matthew 27:2, 11, 14f, Matthew 27:21,23 [R G L Tr marginal reading], Matthew 27:27; Matthew 28:14; Luke 20:20; Acts 23:24, 26, 33; Acts 24:1, 10; Acts 26:30; Πιλᾶτος ὁ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἡγεμών, Josephus Antiquities 18, 3, 1; (Tacitus, ann. 15, 44 Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat).
3. first, leading, chief: so of a principal town as the capital of the region, Matthew 2:6, where the meaning is, 'Thou art by no means least among the chief cities of Judah;' others less aptly (Bleek also [(where?); in his (posthumous) Synoptative Erklärung etc. 1:119 he repudiates this interpretation (ascribed by him to Hofmann, Weiss. u. Erfüll. 2:56)]), 'Thou shalt by no means be regarded as least among i. e. by the princes, the nobles, of the state.' The saying is taken from Micah 5:2 (1), where the Hebrew בְּאַלְפֵי (which the Sept. give correctly, ἐν χιλιάσι) seems to have been read בְּאַלֻּפֵי by the Evangelist [cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 206].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Micah
5:1; 5:2
Matthew
2:6; 10:18; 27:2; 27:11; 27:14; 27:21; 27:23; 27:27; 28:14
Mark
13:9
Luke
20:20; 21:12
Acts
23:24; 23:26; 23:33; 24:1; 24:10; 26:30
1 Peter
2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2232 matches the Greek ἡγεμών (hēgemōn),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, IN THE LAND OF JUDAH,

ARE NOT IN ANY WAY LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH;

FOR FROM YOU SHALL COME A RULER

WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:2 - so they bound Him, and led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the governor [of Judea, who had the authority to condemn prisoners to death].

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Now Jesus stood before [Pilate] the governor, and the governor asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” [In affirmation] Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:14 - But Jesus did not reply to him, not even to a single accusation, so that the governor was greatly astonished.

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Now at the feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner whom the people chose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:21 - The governor said to them, “Which of the two do you wish me to set free for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:27 -

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into [fn]the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:14 - “And if the governor (Pilate) hears about it, we will calm him down and keep you out of trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 -

“But be on your guard; they will turn you over to courts, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand [as accused] before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 -

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:24 - also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to [fn]Felix the governor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:26 -

“Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - When these [horsemen] reached Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor, and also presented Paul to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:1 -

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 -

When the governor nodded for him to speak, Paul answered,

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I make my defense cheerfully and with good courage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 -

Then the king stood up, and [with him] the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:14 - or to governors as sent by him to bring punishment to those who do wrong, and to praise and encourage those who do right.
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