G2233: ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai)

G2233 ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai)

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Quick Definition

ἡγέομαι v. I lead, think

Strong's Definition

middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of 71; to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider

KJV Usage: account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἡγέομαι (G2233)

verb | ἄγω

31.1 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Have an Opinion, Hold a View

to hold a view, to have an opinion, to consider, to regard to hold a view or have an opinion with regard to something

ACT 26:2 · 2CO 9:5 · PHP 2:3 · PHP 2:6 · PHP 2:25 · PHP 3:7 · PHP 3:8 · PHP 3:8 · 1TH 5:13 · 2TH 3:15 · 1TI 1:12 · 1TI 6:1 · HEB 10:29 · HEB 11:11 · HEB 11:26 · JAS 1:2 · 2PE 1:13 · 2PE 2:13 · 2PE 3:9 · 2PE 3:15

36.1 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Guide, Lead

to guide, to direct, to lead to so influence others as to cause them to follow a recommended course of action In some languages it is difficult to distinguish readily between expressions for ‘leading’ and those which refer to ‘ruling’ or ‘governing,’ but it is important to try to distinguish clearly between these two different sets of interpersonal relations. In some languages, the concept of ‘leading’ can be expressed by ‘showing how to’ or ‘demonstrating how one ought to.’ In other languages it is possible to speak of ‘leading’ as simply ‘going ahead of,’ but too often such an expression may designate only ‘a scout’ who goes ahead to see whether things are safe, or it may refer only to a person who insists on his prerogative as the most distinguished person in a group.

LUK 22:26 · ACT 14:12 · ACT 15:22 · HEB 13:7 · HEB 13:17 · HEB 13:24

37.58 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern

to rule over, to order, to govern to rule over, with the implication of providing direction and leadership In a number of languages it may be necessary to express the concept of ‘ruling’ by some form of ‘command,’ for example, ‘he commands people what they must do’ or ‘he orders people’ or ‘he is the chief over people.’

MAT 2:6 · ACT 7:10 · ACT 15:22 · HEB 13:17 · HEB 13:24

¹ HEB 13:17 Though the basic denotation of ἡγούμενος is ‘to lead,’ semantic features of ruling and high status are also connotatively involved.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡγέομαι, -ovpar; pf. ἥγημαι; 1 aor. ἡγησάμην ; (fr. ἄγω [ef. Curtius p. 688]); dep. mid.; fr. Hom. down; al. to lead, i.e. 8. to go before; Ὅ. to be a leader; to rule, command; to have authority over: in the N. T. so only in the pres. ptep. ἡγούμενος, a prince, of regal power (Ezek. xliii. 7 for 7975 Sir. xvii. 17), Mt. ii. 6; @ (royal) governor, viceroy, Acts vii. 10; chief, Lk. xxii. 26 (opp. to ὁ διακονῶν) ; leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἔν τισι, among any, Acts xv. 22; with gen. of the pers. over whom one rules, so of the overseers or leaders of Christian churches: Heb. xiii. 7, 17, 24, (οἴκου, 2 Chr. xxxi. 13; τῶν πατριῶν, 1 Esdr. v. 65 (66), 67 (68); τῆς πόλεως, Judg. ix. 51 Alex.; a military leader, 1 Mace. ix. 30; 2 Mace. xiv. 16; used also in Grk. writ. of any kind of a leader, chief, commander, Soph. Phil. 386; often in Polyb.; Diod. 1, 4 and 72; Leian. Alex. 44; al.); with gen. of the thing, rod λόγου, the leader in speech, chief speaker, spokesman: Acts xiv. 12 of Mercury, who is called also τοῦ λόγου ἡγεμών in Jamblich. de myster., init. 2. (like the Lat. duco) L q. to consider, deem, account, think: with two ace., one of the obj., the other of the pred., Acts xxvi. 2; Phil. ii. 3, 6 (on which see ἁρπαγμός, 2 [W. § 44, 3 ¢.]); iii. 7 [ef. B. 59 (51); W. 274 (258)]; 1 Tim. i. 12; vi. 1; Heb. x. 29; xi. 11, 26; 2 Pet. i. 13; 11, 13; 1. 9, 15. τινὰ ὥς τινα, 2 Th. iii. 15 [ef. W. § 65, 1 a.]; τινὰ ὑπερεκπερισσῶς, to esteem one exceedingly, 1 Th. ν. 13 (περὶ πολλοῦ, Hdt. 2, 1153; περὶ πλείστου, Thuc. 2,89); w. ace. of the thing foll. by ὅταν. Jas. i. 2; ἀναγκαῖον, foll. by an inf., 2 Co. ix.5; Phil. ii. 25; δίκαιον, foll. by an inf., 2 Pet. i. 13; foll. by an ace. w. inf., Phil. iii.8. [Comp.: 8, ἐκδι-. €&, προ-ηγέομαι." Syn.: δοκέω 1, ἡγέομαι 3, νομίζω 2, οἴομαι: ἡγ. and vou. denote a belief resting not on one’s inner feeling or sentiment, but on the due consideration of external grounds, the weighing and comparing of facts; 50x. and of., on the “ ἥκω other hand, describe a subjective judgment growing out of inclination or a view of facts in their relation to us. jy. denotes a more deliberate and careful judgment than von. ; of. a subjective judgment which has feeling rather than thought (dox.) for its ground. Cf. Schmidt ch. 17.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἡγέομαι hēgeomai 28x

to lead the way; to take the lead, Acts 14:12; to be chief, to preside, govern, rule, Mt. 2:6; Acts 7:10; ἡγούμενος, a chief officer in the church, Heb. 13:7, 17, 24; also, to think, consider, count, esteem, regard, Acts 26:2; 2 Cor. 9:5

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἡγέομαι, -οῦμαι depon. mid.,

[in LXX (chiefly pres. ptcp.) for נָגִיד, רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc.;]

to lead;

to guide, go before;

to rule, be leader: pres. ptcp., ἡγούενος, a ruler, leader (MM, Exp., xiv), Mt 2:6(LXX), Lk 22:26, Ac 7:10 14:12 15:22, He 13:7, 17, 13:24.

to suppose, believe, consider, think (Hdt., Soph., al.; cf. Lat. duco): c. dupl. acc., Ac 26:2, Phl 2:3, 6 3:7, I Ti 1:12 6:1, He 10:29 11:11, 26, II Pe 1:13 2:13 3:9, 15; c. acc. seq. ὡς, c. acc., II Th 3:15; c. acc. seq. adv., I Th 5:13; ὅταν, Ja 1:2; ἀναγκαῖον, c. inf., II Co 9:5, Phl 2:25; δίκαιον, c. inf., II Pe 1:13; c. acc. et inf., Phl 3:8 (cf. δι-, ἐκ-δι-, ἐξ- προ-ηγέομαι).†

SYN.: v.s. δοκέω.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἡγέομαι. Apart from the use of the participle as a noun (see below) this verb in general is not very common, but the following may serve as exx. of its use—P Ryl 11. €58 (B.c. 67?) παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἡγησαμένους τὰ Siwpic[péva, “taking no heed whatever of the fixed rules” (Edd.), 2d. 1198° (A.D. 54-67) ἐν οὐδενὶ ἡγήσατο καθὸ ὑπερισχύων ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων, ‘*(reports which) he scorned in virtue of his superior local power” (Edd.), P Giss I. 4839 (A.p. 202-3) (= Ολγεςί. I. Ῥ- 2037) ἐν πραξίμ[οις] ἡγηθῆναι, ‘es soll unter die gleich einzutreibenden Posten gerechnet werden” (Ed.). For ἀναγκαῖον Hy. followed by an inf., as in 2 Cor 9°, see BGU IIL. 8244 (A.D. 55-6) πρὸ μὲν πάντων dvaykalw[v] (/. —atov) ἡγησάμην διὰ ἐπιστολῆς σε ἀσπάσασθαι, P Kyl 11. 2354 (ii/A.D.) ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην ἀσπάσασθαί σε καὶ πάντας τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε, and cf. P Lond go8* (a.p. 139) (= III. P: 133) δεὸν ἡγοῦμαι συντάξαι, and P Oxy VII. 107017 (ili/A.D.) τὸ μὲν οὖν γράφειν σοι περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ἡμῶν +. . περιττὸν νῦν ἡγησάμην, “1 think it superfluous to As illustrating the elastic |

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai) — to govern. ἡγέομαι, Doric dialect ἁγ- (irregular present participle ἁγώμενος [Refs]imperfect ἡγούμην[Refs], Ionic dialect -εύμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἡγήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἡγησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἡγήθην[Refs 3rd c.AD+]: perfect ἥγημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—go before, lead the way, ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθ᾽, ἡ δ᾽ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς 'Αθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Astron., precede in the daily movement, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b with dative person, Τρωσὶ ποτὶ πτόλιν ἡγήσασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __c with ὁδόν added, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __d with accusative loci, ἥ οἱ.. πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο who might guide him to the city, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __e ἅρματα ἡ. drive chariots, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __f of logical priority, to be antecedent, opposed to ἕπεσθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __g ἡγούμενον, τό, the leading principle, the main thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

2. with dative person et genitive of things, to be one's leader in a thing, θεῖος ἀοιδὸς.. ἡμῖν ἡγείσθω.. ὀρχηθμοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ. τινὶ σοφίας, ᾠδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, ἁ. νόμων to lead the song, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. with dative of things, to be leader in.. , κερδοσύνῃ, νηπιέῃσι ἡ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

4. with accusative of things, lead, conduct, ἡ. τὰς πομπάς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀποδημίαν (variant for{ᾐτήσατο}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with adverbial accusative, ἡ γλῶσσα πάνθ᾽ ἡγουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. participle ἡγούμενος, η, ον, as adjective, σκέλη ἡγούμενα, opposed to ἑπόμενα, the front legs, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἡ. πούς the advanced foot, [Refs]

II. lead, command in war, with dative, νῆες θοαί, ᾗσιν 'Αχιλλεὺς ἐς Τροίην ἡγεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο might lead them to their ranks, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be in command, [Refs]

II.2. rule, have dominion, with genitive, τῆς 'Ασίης, τῆς συμμαχίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]leading men, [NT]; ἡ. σχολῆς to be the head of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.3. as official title, ἡγούμενος, ὁ, president, συνόδου [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἱερέων [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.3. b of Roman governors, ἡ. ἔθνους,= Latin praeses provinciae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ. τῆς Γαλατίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. c of subordinate officials, ἡ. τοῦ στρατηγοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κώμης [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.3. d abbot, [Refs 6th c.AD+] abbess, [Refs]

II.4. ἡγούμενος as adjective, principal, πυλών [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

III. post-[Refs 8th c.BC+], believe, hold, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ἡ. τι εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. with an attributive word added, ἡ. τινὰ βασιλέα hold or regard as king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερα to hold everything else secondary, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ αἰσχρὸν ἡγῇ.. τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ οὐδέν Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with participle, πᾶν κέρδος ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. especially of belief in gods, τὴν μεγίστην δαίμονα ἥγηνται εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. θεούς to believe in gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.4. ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν think fit, deem necessary, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡγήσατο ἐπαινέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+].

IV. perfect in passive sense, τὰ ἁγημένα,= τὰ νομιζόμενα, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡγεόμενον being led, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (sāg-, cf. Latin praesagio.)