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.

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

* 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).†

ἡγεμονεύω [page 276] ἡγεμονεύω is applied to the rule of a prefect in P Tebt II. 302 .7 (A.D. 7) ἐπὶ Πετρωνίου ] τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντος , in the prefecture of P. , P Ryl II. 113 .20 (A.D. 133) of a case δεομέ [ν ]ου̣ τῆς διαγνώσεως Φλαυίου Τιτιανοῦ τότε τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντ (ος ), which required the decision of the late praefect Flavins Titianus (Edd.), and P Strass I. 41 .17 (A.D. 250) ̕Α̣ννιανῷ τῷ ἡγεμο̣ν̣εύσ̣αντι ἡ ἡμετέρα βιβλίδ [ι ]ον ἐπέδωκεν , my client gave in her petition to the late prefect Annianus. It may be noted that in Luk_3:1 Cod. Bezae reads ἐπιτροπεύοντος for ἡγεμονεύοντος .

ἡγεμονεύω ἡγεμονεύω, "to be or act as" ἡγεμών, "to go before, lead the way", Hom. ; ὁδὸν ἡγ. Od. ; c. dat. pers. "to lead the way for" him, ῥόον ὕδατι ἡγεμόνευεν "made" a course for the water, Il. "to lead" in war, "to rule, command", c. dat., id=Il. ; elsewhere, like most Verbs of ruling, c. gen., id=Il. , Hdt. , etc.:—absol. "to have or take the command", Hdt. , Plat. :—Pass. "to be ruled", Thuc. ; "to be governor", τῆς Συρίας NTest.

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)