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Lexicon :: Strong's G2233 - hēgeomai

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ἡγέομαι
Transliteration
hēgeomai (Key)
Pronunciation
hayg-eh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of ἄγω (G71)
mGNT
28x in 16 unique form(s)
TR
28x in 16 unique form(s)
LXX
103x in 23 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 2:907,303

Strong’s Definitions

ἡγέομαι hēgéomai, hayg-eh'-om-ahee; middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71; to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider:—account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G2233 in the following manner: count (10x), think (4x), esteem (3x), have rule over (3x), be governor (2x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G2233 in the following manner: count (10x), think (4x), esteem (3x), have rule over (3x), be governor (2x), miscellaneous (6x).
  1. to lead

    1. to go before

    2. to be a leader

      1. to rule, command

      2. to have authority over

      3. a prince, of regal power, governor, viceroy, chief, leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, overseers or leaders of the churches

      4. used of any kind of leader, chief, commander

      5. the leader in speech, chief, spokesman

  2. to consider, deem, account, think

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡγέομαι hēgéomai, hayg-eh'-om-ahee; middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71; to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider:—account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.
STRONGS G2233:
ἡγέομαι, -οῦμαι; perfect ἥγημαι; 1 aorist ἡγησάμην; (from ἄγω [cf. Curtius, p. 688]); deponent middle; from Homer down;
1. to lead, i. e.
a. to go before;
b. to be a leader; to rule, command; to have authority over: in the N. T. so only in the present participle ἡγούμενος, a prince, of regal power (Ezekiel 43:7 for מֶלֶךְ; Sir. 17:17), Matthew 2:6; a (royal) governor, viceroy, Acts 7:10; chief, Luke 22:26 (opposed to διακονῶν); leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἔν τισι, among any, Acts 15:22; with the genitive of the person over whom one rules, so of the overseers or leaders of Christian churches: Hebrews 13:7, 17, 24 (οἴκου, 2 Chronicles 31:13; τῶν πατριῶν, 1 Esdr. 5:65 (66), 67 (68); τῆς πόλεως, Judges 9:51 Alex.; a military leader, 1 Macc. 9:30; 2 Macc. 14:16; used also in Greek writings of any kind of a leader, chief, commander, Sophocles Phil. 386; often in Polybius; Diodorus 1, 4 and 72; Lucian, Alex. 44; others); with the genitive of the thing, τοῦ λόγου, the leader in speech, chief speaker, spokesman: Acts 14:12 of Mercury, who is called also τοῦ λόγου ἡγεμών in Jamblichus' de myster., at the beginning.
2. (like the Latin duco) equivalent to to consider, deem, account, think: with two accusatives, one of the objects, the other of the predicate, Acts 26:2; Philippians 2:3, 6 (on which see ἁρπαγμός, Philippians 2:2 [Winer's Grammar, § 44, 3 c.]); Philippians 3:7 [cf. Buttmann, 59 (51); Winer's Grammar, 274 (258)]; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Timothy 6:1; Hebrews 10:29; Hebrews 11:11, 26; 2 Peter 1:13; 2 Peter 2:13; 2 Peter 3:9, 15. τινὰ ὥς τινα, 2 Thessalonians 3:15 [(cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.]); τινά ὑπερεκπερισσῶς, to esteem one exceedingly, 1 Thessalonians 5:13 (περὶ πολλοῦ, Herodotus 2, 115; περὶ πλείστου, Thucydides 2, 89); with accusative of the thing followed by ὅταν, James 1:2; ἁναγκαῖον, followed by an infinitive, 2 Corinthians 9:5; Philippians 2:25; δίκαιον, followed by an infinitive, 2 Peter 1:13; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Philippians 3:8.
[Compare: δι-, ἐκ-, δι-, ἐξ-, προηγέομαι.
Synonyms: δοκέω 1, ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω 2, οἴομαι: ἡγ. and νομ. denote a belief resting not on one's inner feeling or sentiment, but on the due consideration of external grounds, the weighing and comparing of facts; δοκ. and οἴ., on the other hand, describe a subjective judgment growing out of inclination or a view of facts in their relation to us. ἡγ. denotes a more deliberate and careful judgment than νομ.; οἴ. a subjective judgment which has feeling rather than thought (δοκ.) for its ground. Cf. Schmidt ch. 17.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
9:51
2 Chronicles
31:13
Ezekiel
43:7
Matthew
2:6
Luke
22:26
Acts
7:10; 14:12; 15:22; 26:2
2 Corinthians
9:5
Philippians
2:2; 2:3; 2:6; 2:25; 3:7; 3:8
1 Thessalonians
5:13
2 Thessalonians
3:15
1 Timothy
1:12; 6:1
Hebrews
10:29; 11:11; 11:26; 13:7; 13:17; 13:24
James
1:2
2 Peter
1:13; 1:13; 2:13; 3:9; 3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2233 matches the Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai),
which occurs 103 times in 101 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 49:10–2Ch 11:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 -

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

[fn]Until Shiloh comes,

And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 -

“The blessings of your father

Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors

Up to the [fn]utmost bound of the everlasting hills;

May they be on the head of Joseph,

And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:21 - And Yahweh was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to guide them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might go by day and by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - “For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will annihilate them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - “I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies [fn]turn their backs to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - [fn]Choose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and [fn]of hundreds, [fn]of fifties and [fn]of tens, and officers for your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the lords of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh at Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who [fn]was in debt, and everyone who was bitter of soul, gathered to him; and he became a commander over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - “And it will be that when Yahweh does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of Yahweh because you have [fn]shown this lovingkindness with your lord, with Saul, and have buried him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now Saul’s son had two men who were commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin (for Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yahweh, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “So now, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - “Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne. And he shall be king in my place; for I have commanded him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [fn]promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 -

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the [fn]guard who kept the door of the king’s house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - [fn]He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people who were camped heard [fn]it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:9 -

Then the king sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 -

So he again sent the commander of a third fifty with his fifty. Then the third commander of fifty went up and came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and he begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Return and say to Hezekiah the ruler of My people, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the ruler, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 -

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 men.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11 -

and [fn]Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and Yahweh was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - “Previously, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over My people Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David against the marauding band, for they were all mighty men of valor, and were commanders in the army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 -

Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 -

Then David took counsel with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then [fn]Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “So now, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the treasures.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:8 -

The fifth for the fifth month was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 -

Now those over the tribes of Israel:

chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri;

for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - then I will establish your royal throne as I cut a covenant with your father David, saying, ‘[fn]You shall not have a man cut off as ruler in Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he was the ruler over all the kings from the [fn]River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And Rehoboam set up Abijah the son of Maacah to be head and ruler among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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