ἡγεμονία, ἡγεμονίας, ἡ (ἡγεμών) (Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, others), chief command, rule, sovereignty: of the reign of a Roman emperor, Luk_3:1; Josephus, Antiquities 18, 4, 2.

ἡγεμονία hēgemonia 1x leadership, sovereignty; in NT a reign, Luk_3:1

ἡγεμονία , -ας , ἡ ( <ἡγεμών ), [in LXX : Gen_36:30 ( H441 ), Num_1:52 ; Num_2:17 , ( H1714 ), Sir_7:4 ; Sir_10:1 , 4Ma_6:33 ; 4Ma_13:4 * ;] rule, sovereignty: Luk_3:1 .†

ἡγεμονία [page 276] Like the preceding verb, ἡγεμονία is used for the office or rule of the prefect, e.g. P Oxy I. 59 .10 (A.D. 292) ἀπαντῆσαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν καὶ προσεδρεῦσαι τῷ ἀχράντῳ αὐτοῦ δικαστηρί [ῳ , to proceed to his highness the praefect and attend his immaculate court (Edd.), ib. II. 237 v. 6 al . (A.D. 186) γράφειν τῇ ἡγεμονίᾳ , P Ryl II. 77 .36 (A.D. 192) ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπαφροδείτῳ ἡγεμονίᾳ Λαρκίου Μέμορος , during the delightful praefecture of Larcius Memor (Edd.), P Oxy X. 1252 recto .19 (A.D. 288 95) ἐκ προστάξεως τῆς ἡγεμονίας , in accordance with the order of the prefect. The word is also used in a military sense (as in Plut. Camill. 23) of a battalion, or division of an army, under its ἡγεμών or officer : cf. P Rein 9 13 (B.C. 112) Διονύσιος Ἀπολλω ]νίου [Πέρσ ]η̣ς τῆς Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἡγεμονίας , Dionysios fils d Apollonios, Perse, du commandement d Artιmidτros (Ed.) and the discussion on p. 32 f., and Syll 197 .23 (B.C. 284 3) τοὺς μὲν βουλομέν [ους στρατ ]εύεσθαι διώικησεν ὅπως ἂν καταχωρισθῶσιν [ἐν ] ἡγεμονίαις , with the editor s note where ἡγεμονίαι are defined as partes exercitus ex quibus suum quaeque ἡγεμόνα habuit. As illustrating the elastic nature of this group of words (see infra , and cf. Sir_10:1-2 ), we may cite from the astrological fragment P Tebt II. 276 .14 (ii/iii A.D.) ὁ δὲ τοῦ Δι ]ο̣̣ς τῷ τοῦ Ἄρεως τρίγωνος [ὑπάρχων ] ἢ καὶ συνπαρὼν μεγάλας [βασιλεία ]ς̣ κ̣αὶ ἡγεμονίας ἀπ̣ο̣τελεῖ , Jupiter in triangular relation to Mars or in conjunction makes great kingdoms and empires (Edd,), cf. .86 , and the Christian letter P Grenf II. 73 .11 (late iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 118) where a certain Politike is described as sent into the Oasis ὑπὸ τῆς ἡγεμονίας , by the Government.

ἡγεμονία ἡγεμονία, ἡ, [Etym: ἡγεμών] "a leading the way, going first", Hdt. "chief command", id=Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; ἡγ. δικαστηρίων "authority" over them, Aeschin. "the hegemony or sovereignty of one state over a number of subordinates", as of Athens in Attica, Thebes in Boeotia:— "the hegemony" of Greece was wrested from Sparta by Athens; and the Peloponn. war was a struggle for this "hegemony." = Roman "imperium", Plut. : "the reign of the Emperor", NTest. "a division of the army, a command", Plut.

ἡγεμονία, -ας, ἡ (ἡγεμών), [in LXX: Gen.36:30 (אַלּוּף), Num.1:52 2:17, (דֶּגֶל), Sir.7:4 10:1, 4Ma.6:33 4Mac 13:4 * ;] rule, sovereignty: Luk.3:1.† (AS)