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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 22 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:6 - And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:2 - And having bound him they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, saying, Art *thou* the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:14 - And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:15 - Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:21 - And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23 - And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:27 - Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with them to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:14 - And if this should come to the hearing of the governor, *we* will persuade him, and save *you* from all anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 - But *ye*, take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims and to synagogues: ye shall be beaten and brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:24 - And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:26 - Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:34 - And having read it, and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that he was of Cilicia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:1 - And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 - And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:14 - or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
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