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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 74 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:15 - These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17 - These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:18 - These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:19 - These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:29 - These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:41 - Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:42 - Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:43 - Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of Moab;
all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:51 - And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:52 - Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:53 - Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:54 - Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - And Job died, an old man, and full of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:13 - But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:3 - Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:13 - Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 - But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:1 - Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8 - Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:4 - So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the LORD, to remain in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:5 - But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
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