Greek noun (masculine) · G2232
ἡγεμών
hegemonhayg-em-ohn'
a leader, guide.; a commander.; a governor of a province; For
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hēgemṓn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2232is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2232
a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
The King James renders it: governor, prince, ruler.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hegemon is rendered "a leader, guide.; a commander.; a governor of a province; For". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "a leader, guide.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
Matthew 2:6ἡγεμόσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: a leader, guide., and a commander., and a governor of a province, and For.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a leader, guide. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah… |
| a commander. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| a governor of a provinceproconsul | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the… |
| For | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἡγεμόνος5
- ἡγεμὼν4
- ἡγεμόνι3
- ἡγεμόνα2
- ἡγεμόνας2
- ἡγεμόσιν2
- ἡγεμόνι.¶1
- ἡγεμόνων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular5N-GSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular4N-DSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
Matthew
ten uses
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- ἡγεμόσινhegemosinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
- ἡγεμόναςhegemonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: governors
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
- ἡγεμόνι.¶hegemoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- ἡγεμόνοςhegemonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
- ἡγεμὼνhegemonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: governor
But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.
- ἡγεμόναhegemonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- ἡγεμὼνhegemonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: governor
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
- ἡγεμὼνhegemonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- ἡγεμόνοςhegemonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
- ἡγεμόνοςhegemonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Mark
one use
So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- ἡγεμόνωνhegemononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: governors
Luke
two uses
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
- ἡγεμόνοςhegemonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- ἡγεμόναςhegemonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: governors
Acts
six uses
Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
- ἡγεμόναhegemonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
- ἡγεμόνιhegemoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
- ἡγεμόνιhegemoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- ἡγεμόνιhegemoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
- ἡγεμόνοςhegemonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: governor
Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
- ἡγεμὼνhegemonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: governor
1 Peter
one use
or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
- ἡγεμόσινhegemosinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to governors
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.