Hēgemoneuō ἡγεμονεύω

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Hēgemoneuō
ἡγεμονεύω
Transliterationhēgemoneuō
Strong's numberG2230
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto govern
Occurrences2 in 2 verses

Hēgemoneuō (Greek ἡγεμονεύω, Strong's G2230) is a Greek verb meaning “to govern”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἡγεμονεύω
(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: with genitive loc., Luk.2:2 3:1.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgovernor (2)
BSBwas governor (2)

Verses

Every verse with Hēgemoneuō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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