ἡγεμών, -όνος, ὁ, (ἡγέομαι), in class. Grk. a word of very various signification: a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign; in the N. T. spec. 1. a ‘legatus Caesaris,’ an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor; the governor of a province: Mt. x. 18; Mk. xiii. 9; Lk. xxi. 12; 1 Pet. ii. 14. 2. a procurator (Vulg. praeses; Luth. Landpfleger), an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a propraetor and had charge of the imperial revenues; in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice, (called ἐπίτροπος, διοικητής, in prof. auth.). In the smaller provinces also, which were so to speak appendages of the greater, he discharged the functions of governor of the province; and such was the relation of the procurator of Judwa to the governor of Syria (cf. Krebs, Observy. p. 61 sqq.; Fischer, De vitiis lexx. ete. p. 432 sqq.; Win. RWB. s. v. Procuratoren; Sieffert in Herzog 2s. vy. Landpfleger; Krenkel in Schenkel iv. 7; [BB. DD. 5. v. Procurator]); so of Pilate, Felix, Festus: Mt. xxvii. 2, 11, 14 sq. 21, 23 [R GL Trmrg.], 27; xxviii. 14; Lk. xx. 20; Acts xxiii. 24, 26, 33; xxiv. 1, 10; xxvi. 80; Πιλᾶτος ὁ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἡγεμών, Joseph. antt. 18, 3, 1; (Tacit. ann. 15, 44 Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat). 3. first, leading, chief: so of a principal town as the capital of the region, Mt. ii. 6, where the meaning is, ‘Thou art by no means least among the chief cities of Judah;’ others less aptly (Bleek also [(where?) ; in his (posthumous) Synopt. Erklirung ete. i. 119 he repudiates this interp. (ascribed by him to Hof mann, Weiss. ἃ. Erfiill. ii. 56)]), ‘Thou shalt by no means be regarded as least among i. e. by the princes, the nobles, of the state.’ The saying is taken fr. Mie. v. 2 (1), where the Hebr. ‘DNA (which the Sept. give correctly, ἐν χιλιάσι) seems to have been read 3 3 by the Evangelist [ef. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 2007.

ἡγεμών hēgemōn 20x

a guide; a leader; a chieftain, prince, Mt. 2:6; a Roman provincial governor, under whatever title, Mt. 10:18; 27:2; Lk. 20:20; Acts 23:24

ἡγεμών, -όνος, ὁ

(ἡγέομαι), [in LXX for אַלּוּף, שַׂר, etc.;]

a leader, guide.

a commander.

a governor of a province (proconsul, propraetor, legate, or procurator; but cf. ἀνθύπατος): Mt 10:18, Mk 13:9, Lk 21:12, I Pe 2:14; of the Procurator of Judæa, Mt 27:2, 11, 14, 15, 21, 27 28:14, Lk 20:20, Ac 23:24, 26, 33 24:1, 10 26:30.

For Heb. אַלְפֵי (LXX, χίλιαι) misread אַלֻּפֵי, leaders: Mt 2:6 (OT).†

ἡγεμών. The breadth of this word and its derivatives, which in a single verse (Lk 31) can be applied to the Emperor and to the chargé d’affaires of a tiny district like Judaea, is well seen in the papyri. Thus in P Lille I. 417 (B.c. 218-7) the editor notes that it means “‘ officier en général, et plus particuliérement, dans certains cas, officier d’infanterie.” He compares P Rev L***vii-3, where Dr. Grenfell points out that **the hegemones are thus subordinate to the strategi ; nevertheless the Romans chose this title as an equivalent for the praefectus.” See also the notes on P Tor I. 1+} (8.6. 117-6) and on OGZS 69%, and the Index to OG/S, where four different connotations are distinguished. The word is used in a general sense of the ‘‘ captain” of a chosen band of youths in P Amh II. 39! (B.c. 103) (= Witkowski?, p. 106) Πόρτεις ἡ[γ]εμὼν τῶν ἐν προχειρισμῶι. For its common use with reference to the prefect of Egypt it is sufficient to cite BGU IV. 1079%° (A.D. 41) (= Selections, p- 40), where according to Wilcken’s reading (Chres¢. I. p. &5) ἡ (-- εἰ) δύναται διὰ Διοδώρου ὑπογραφῆναι ἡ τάβλα διὰ τῆς γυναικὸς τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, the last clause may be an Alexandrian witticism implying backdoor influence. In the iv/A.D. letter P Grenf I. 531° 6 ἡγεμὼν δὲ τὰς ἀπονοίας ταχὺ ταπεινοῖ, and 19 6 ἡγεμὼν οὐ θέλει οἰκοφθέρους, Cronert (Stud. Pal. i. p. 84f.) thinks that the reference is to God ; but for this usage Wilcken (Crest. I. p. 758) can find no support, and understands the word in its ordinary sense of “* praeses.

ἡγεμών (hēgemōn) — ruler. ἡγεμών, Doric dialect ἁγ-, Aeolic dialect ἀγίμων [Refs], όνος, ; also ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— one who leads; and so,

I. in [Refs 8th c.BC+], guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. one who does a thing first, shows the way to others, τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡ. ἠθῶν χρηστῶν γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of choir-leaders, Mnemos.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II. in [Refs 8th c.BC+], leader, commander, chief, opposed to λαοί, πληθύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ. τῶν 'Ελλήνων πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον[Refs]; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ [στρατηγῶν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={λοχαγός}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; chief, sovereign, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the queen-bee and queen-wasp, regarded by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἡ. τῶν προβάτων, of the bell-wether, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν βοῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b ἡ. χοροῦ leader of a chorus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; president of a gymnasium, [Refs]

II. c a Roman Emperor, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; as translation of princeps, [Refs]; ἡ. νεότητος, = Latin princeps juventutis, [Refs]; a provincial governor, [NT+1st c.BC+]: frequently of the praefectus Aegypti, [Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.; ἡ. ἀμφοτέρων, i.e. of Upper and Lower Egypt, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἡ. Κύπρου [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.2. as adjective, ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ναῦς], of the flagship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. in Prosody, ={πυρρίχιος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

IV. ἡγεμόνες, Doric dialect ἁγ-, αἱ, in Architecture, coping-tiles of the roof, [Refs]

V. a kind of fish, ={ἡγητήρ} 2, [Refs 1st c.AD+]