Hēgemoneúō — G2230

Definition

verb

to act as ruler

1. to be leader, to lead the way
2. to rule, command

Usually translated as

be governor

Origin

from G2232

• hēgemṓn (G2232)

Occurrences

Hēgemoneúō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (2)

• Luke 2:2 — (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor (ἡγεμονεύοντος) of Syria.)
• Luke 3:1 — Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor (ἡγεμονεύοντος) of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,