ἡγέομαι,
Dor. ἁγ- (irreg. pres. part. ἁγώμενος Hymn.Curet. 4), impf. ἡγούμην ll.12.28, etc., Ion. -εύμην Hdt. 2.115, ἡγέοντο Id. 9.15: fut. ἡγήσομαι Il. 14.374, etc.: aor. 1 ἡγησάμην Od. 14.48, etc.: aor. 1 ἡγήθην in pass. sense, PGiss. 48.20 (iii A.D.) (cf. περιηγ-): pf. ἥγημαι Hdt. 1.126, 2.115, ἅγημαι Pi. P. 4.248: -
I
1. go before, lead the way, ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθ’, ἡ δ’ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς ’Αθήνη Od. 1.125; ἂν πάϊς ἡγήσαιτο νήπιος 6.300, etc.; πρόσθεν δὲ.. Ἶρις ἡγεῖτ’ Il. 24.96; ἡγοῦ πάροιθε E. Ph. 834; ἡ. ἐπὶ νῆα Od. 13.65; ἐς τεῖχος Il. 20.144; κλισίηνδε Od. 14. 48, cf. Hdt. 2.93, etc.; ἡγησόμενος οὐδεὶς ἔσται X. An. 2.4.5: Astron., precede in the daily movement, Autol. 2.3, al. c. dat. pers., Τρωσὶ ποτὶ πτόλιν ἡγήσασθαι Il. 22.101; ἐκ Δουλιχίου.. ἡγεῖτο μνηστῆρσι Od. 16.397; οἱ γὰρ βλέποντες τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἡγούμεθα Ar. Pl. 15; ἡ. τοῖς πολίταις πρὸς ἀρετήν X. Ages. 10.2. with ὁδόν added, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, Od. 10.263; ἡ. τινὶ τὴν ὁδόν Hdt. 9.15. c. acc. loci, ἥ οἱ.. πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο who might guide him to the city, Od. 6.114, cf. 7.22, 15.82; ἡ. βωμοὺς ἀστικούς A. Supp. 501. ἅρματα ἡ. drive chariots, Philostr. Im. 2.23. of logical priority, to be antecedent, opp. ἕπεσθαι, Stoic. 2.71, 88, S.E. M. 8.110, al., Dam. Pr. 241, Phlp. in GC 195.13, in Ph. 496.14. ἡγούμενον, τό, the leading principle, the main thing, Ph. Bel. 63.14, cf. Sosip. 1.47.
2. c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, to be one’s leader in a thing, θεῖος ἀοιδὸς.. ἡμῖν ἡγείσθω.. ὀρχηθμοῖο Od. 23.134; ἡ. τινὶ σοφίας, ᾠδῆς, Pi. P. l.c., Pl. Alc. 1.125d; ἀλήθεια δὴ πάντων μὲν ἀγαθῶν θεοῖς ἡγεῖται πάντων δὲ ἀνθρώποις Id. Lg. 730c; ἡ. τοῦ χοροῦ Πέρσαις X. Cyr. 8.7.1, cf. Call. Del. 313: c. gen. rei, ἁ. νόμων to lead the song, Pi. N. 5.25; φρόνησις ἡ. τοῦ ὀρθῶς πράττειν Pl. Men. 97c; ἡ. παντὸς καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου X. Mem. 2.3.15: also, τὸ ὀρθῶς τοῖς τοιούτοις χρῆσθαι ἐπιστήμη ἦν ἡγουμένη Pl. Euthd. 281a.
3. c. dat. rei, to be leader in.., κερδοσύνῃ, νηπιέῃσι ἡ. τινί, Il. 22.247, Od. 24.469.
4. c. acc. rei, lead, conduct, ἡ. τὰς πομπάς D. 21.174; τὴν ἀποδημίαν (v.l. for ᾐτήσατο) Dinon 7; τὰς τύχας E. Supp. 226: with adverbial acc., ἡ γλῶσσα πάνθ’ ἡγουμένη S. Ph. 99.
5. part. ἡγούμενος, η, ον, as Adj., σκέλη ἡγούμενα, opp. ἑπόμενα, the front legs, Arist. IA 713b6; ὁ ἡ. πούς the advanced foot, Id. Fr. 74.
II
1. lead, command in war, c. dat., νῆες θοαί, ᾗσιν ’Αχιλλεὺς ἐς Τροίην ἡγεῖτο Il. 16.169, cf. Od. 14.238; οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο might lead them to their ranks, Il. 2.687; ἡ. Τρώεσσιν ἐς Ἴλιον 5.211; ἡ. Μῄοσιν 2.864; λόγχαισιν E. Ba. 1360; ἑτέροις Lys. 31.17, cf. X. An. 5.2.6; ἐν ταῖς στρατείαις, αἷς ἡγεῖται βασιλεύς Isoc. 12.180: also generally, πόλει E. Fr. 282.24; but usu. c. gen., Σαρπηδὼν δ’ ἡγήσατ’.. ἐπικούρων Il. 12.101; ἡγήσατο λαῶν 15.311, cf. 2.567, al.; ἡ. τῆς ἐξόδου Th. 2.10; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ’ αὐτῶν Isoc. 9.45: abs., to be in command, Id. 16.21, etc.
2. rule, have dominion, c. gen., τῆς ’Ασίης, τῆς συμμαχίης, Hdt. 1.95, 7.148; οἱ Θεσσαλίης ἡγεόμενοι Id. 9.1: abs., οἱ ἡγούμενοι the rulers, S. Ph. 386, cf. A. Ag. 1363; ἡ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς leading men, [Act 15:22]; ἡ. σχολῆς to be the head of a philosophical school, Phld. Acad. Ind. p.107 M., al.
3. as official title, ἡγούμενος, ὁ, president, συνόδου PGrenf. 2.67.3 (iii A.D.); γερδίων ib. 43.9 (i A.D.); ἱερέων PLond. 2.281.2 (i A.D.): abs., PFay. 110.26 (i A.D.). of Roman governors, ἡ. ἔθνους,= Lat. praeses provinciae, POxy. 1020.5 (ii/iii A.D.); ἡ. τῆς Γαλατίας Luc. Alex. 44. of subordinate officials, ἡ. τοῦ στρατηγοῦ POxy. 294.19 (i A.D.); κώμης PRyl. 125.3 (i A.D.). abbot, Just. Nov. 7.1, al.: fem. -μένη abbess, ibid.
4. ἡγούμενος as Adj., principal, πυλών PFlor. 382.15 (iii A.D.), POxy. 55.9 (iii A.D.).
III
1. post- Hom., believe, hold, Hdt. (usu. in pf. ἥγημαι, 3 pl. ἡγέαται), etc.; ἡ. τι εἶναι Id. 1.126, al.; ἡγεῖσθε δὲ [θεοὺς] βλέπειν.. πρὸς τὸν εὐσεβῆ βροτῶν S. OC 278, cf. Th. 2.89, Ar. Nu. 1020 (lyr.), etc.
2. with an attributive word added, ἡ. τινὰ βασιλέα hold or regard as king, Hdt. 6.52; μηδ’ αὐθαδίαν εὐβουλίας ἀμείνον’ ἡγήσῃ ποτέ A. Pr. 1035; ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον Id. Ch. 902, cf. 905; ἡ. τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερα to hold everything else secondary, S. Ph. 1442; οὐκ αἰσχρὸν ἡγῇ.. τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν; ib. 108, cf. Ant. 1167; τὰς τούτων ἀπορίας ἀντιπάλους ἡ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ πλήθει Th. 4.10; περὶ πολλοῦ ἥγημαι μὴ ξεινοκτονέειν Hdt. 2.115; περὶ πλείονος Isoc. 19.10; περὶ πλείστου Th. 2.89; περὶ οὐδενός Lys. 7.26; παρ’ οὐδέν Decr. ap. D. 18.164: c. part., πᾶν κέρδος ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ E. Med. 454.
3. esp. of belief in gods, τὴν μεγίστην δαίμονα ἥγηνται εἶναι Hdt. 2.40, cf. 3.8; ἡ. θεούς to believe in gods, Ar. Eq. 32, E. Hec. 800, Ba. 1326; δαίμονας ἡ. Pl. Ap. 27d.
4. ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν think fit, deem necessary, c. inf., And. 1.23, D. 1.20: without δεῖν, παθεῖν μᾶλλον ἡγησάμενοι ἤ.. Th. 2.42 (s.v.l.); ἡγησάμην διατάγματι αὐτοὺς σωφρονίσαι Inscr.Magn. 114 (ii A.D.); ἡγήσατο ἐπαινέσαι Pl. Prt. 346b. pf. in pass. sense, τὰ ἁγημένα,= τὰ νομιζόμενα, Orac. ap. D. 43.66; ἡγεόμενον being led, Hdt. 3.14 (ἀγόμενον Dind.): hence act. form ἡγέω, Hdn.Gr. 2.950. (sâg-, cf. Lat. praesagio.)
G2233 — ἡγέομαι
ἡγοῦμαι; perfect ἥγημαι; 1 aorist ἡγησάμην; (from ἄγω (cf. Curtius, p. 688)); deponent middle; from Homer down;
1. to lead, i. e.
a. to go before;
b. to be a leader; to rule, command; to have authority over: in the N. T. so only in the present participle ἡγούμενος, a prince, of regal power ([Eze 43:7] for מֶלֶך; Sir. 17:17), [Mat 2:6]; a (royal) governor, viceroy, [Act 7:10]; chief, [Luk 22:26] (opposed to ὁ διακονῶν); leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἐν τισί, among any, [Act 15:22]; with the genitive of the person over whom one rules, so of the overseers or leaders of Christian churches: [Heb 13:7], [Heb 13:17], [Heb 13:24] (οἴκου, [2Ch 31:13]; τῶν πατριῶν, 1 Esdr. 5:65 (66), 67 (68); τῆς πόλεως, [Jdg 9:51] Alex.; a military leader, 1 Macc. 9:30; 2 Macc. 14:16; used also in Greek writings of any kind of a leader, chief, commander, Sophocles Phil. 386; often in Polybius; Diodorus 1, 4 and 72; Lucian, Alex. 44; others); with the genitive of the thing, τοῦ λόγου, the leader in speech, chief speaker, spokesman: [Act 14:12] of Mercury, who is called also τοῦ λόγου ἡγεμών in Jamblichus' de myster., at the beginning
2. (like the Latinduco) equivalent to to consider, deem, account, think: with two accusatives, one of the objects, the other of the predicate, [Act 26:2]; [Phi 2:3], [Phi 2:6] (on which see ἁρπαγμός, [Phi 2:2] (Winer's Grammar, § 44, 3 c.)); [Phi 3:7] (cf. Buttmann, 59 (51); Winer's Grammar, 274 (258)); [1Ti 1:12]; [1Ti 6:1]; [Heb 10:29]; [Heb 11:11], [Heb 11:26]; [2Pe 1:13]; [2Pe 2:13]; [2Pe 3:9], [2Pe 3:15]. τινα ὡς τινα, [2Th 3:15] (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.); τινα ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ, to esteem one exceedingly, [1Th 5:13] (περί πολλοῦ, Herodotus 2, 115; περί πλειστου, Thucydides 2, 89); with accusative of the thing followed by ὅταν, [Jam 1:2]; ἀναγκαῖον, followed by an infinitive, [2Co 9:5]; [Phi 2:25]; δίκαιον, followed by an infinitive, [2Pe 1:13]; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, [Phi 3:8]. (Compare: διηγέομαι, ἐκηγέομαι, διηγέομαι, ἐξηγέομαι, προηγέομαι.
ἡγέομαι , - οῦμαι ,
depon . mid .,
[in LXX (chiefly Pres . ptcp .) for H5057, H7218, H8269, etc.;]
1. to lead;
(a) to guide, go before;
(b) to rule, be leader: pres. ptcp ., ἡγούενος , a ruler, leader ( MM , Exp., xiv), [Mat 2:6] ( LXX ), [Luk 22:26], [Act 7:10]; [Act 14:12]; [Act 15:22], [Heb 13:7]; [Heb 13:17]; [Heb 13:24].
2. to suppose, believe, consider, think ( Hdt ., Soph ., al. ; of. Lat. duco): c . dupl . acc , [Act 26:2], [Php 2:3]; [Php 2:6]; [Php 3:7], [1Ti 1:12]; [1Ti 6:1], [Heb 10:29]; [Heb 11:11]; [Heb 11:26], [2Pe 1:13]; 2Pe 2:13 ; [2Pe 3:9]; [2Pe 3:15]; c . acc seq . ὡς , c . acc , [2Th 3:15]; c . acc seq . adv. , [1Th 5:13]; ὅταν , [Jas 1:2]; ἀναγκαῖον , c . inf ., [2Co 9:5], [Php 2:25]; δίκαιον , c . inf ., [2Pe 1:13]; c . acc et inf ., [Php 3:8] (of. δι -, ἐκ - δι -, ἐξ - προ - ηγέομαι ). †
SYN.: see δοκέω G1380.