ἡγεμον-εύω,
Dor. ἁγ-,
I lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον Il. 16.92; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, Od. 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθ’ ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφ’ ἡμετέρην Theoc. 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος Pl. Smp. 197a: dat. pers., Od. 3.386, 8.4, Hes. Th. 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ.. ἡγεμονεύῃς Il. 15.46; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ’ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω Od. 6.261, cf. Parm. 1.5: twice in Hom., c. dat. et acc., τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε Od. 24.225; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, Il. 21.258.
II lead in war, rule, command, once in Hom., c. dat., Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε.. Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewh., c. gen., Λοκρῶν δ’ ἡ. Αἴας ib. 527, cf. 552, Hdt. 7.99, 160, etc.; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. X. Ages. 1.3, etc.; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, Pl. Prt. 351e: abs., to have or take the command, Hdt. 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει Pl. R. 474c: - Pass., to be ruled, ὑπό τινος Th. 3.61. - Signf. 11 never occurs in Od., and signf. 1 rarely in Il.
III to be governor, τῆς Συρίας Eu. [Luk 2:2]: abs., PTeb. 302.7 (i A.D.), IGRom. 3.162 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), etc.
ἡγεμονεύω hēgemoneuō 2x
to be a guide, leader, chief; in NT to hold the office of a Roman provincial governor, [Luk 2:2]; [Luk 3:1]
G2230 — ἡγεμονεύω
(ἡγεμών); (from Homer down);
a. to be leader, to lead the way.
b. to rule, command: with the genitive of a province (cf. Buttmann, 169 (147)), to be governor of a province, said of a proconsul, [Luk 2:2]; of a procurator, [Luk 3:1].
* ἡγερονεύω
( < 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: c . gen . loc., [Luk 2:2]; [Luk 3:1]. †
* ἐπιτροπεύω
( < ἐπίτροπος , a procurator),
to govern: [Luk 3:1] ( WH , mg ., for ἡγεμονεύοντος , an obvious correction for precision). †