G2230: ἡγεμονεύω
hēgemoneúō · “to govern”
Definition
to act as ruler
KJV translates it as: be governor
Word origin: from G2232 (ἡγεμών);
Extended 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)
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2230 is translated
- when is governing ×1
- when is being governor ×1
Bible verses with G2230 (hēgemoneúō)
Hēgemoneúō appears in 2 verses.
- Luke 2:2
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,