Strong's Lexicon

G2231

G2231 — ἡγεμονία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekhegemonianounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2231
Word:ἡγεμονία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G2232
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:hegemonia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:hayg-em-on-ee'-ah
Meaning:1. government 2. (in time) official term
KJV Renderings:reign

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡγεμονία, ἡγεμονίας, (ἡγεμών) (Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, others), chief command, rule, sovereignty: of the reign of a Roman emperor, Luk 3:1; Josephus, Antiquities 18, 4, 2.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἡγεμονία (reign)

Luke 3:1

KJV: Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene
GK: εν έτει δε πεντεκαιδεκάτω της ηγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ηγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου της Ιουδαίας και τετραρχούντος της Γαλιλαίας Ηρώδου Φιλίππου δε του αδελφού αυτού τετραρχούντος της Ιτουραίας και Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας και Λυσανίου της Αβιληνής τετραρχούντος
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