Strong's Lexicon
G2233 — ἡγέομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2233 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἡγέομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 28 |
| Transliteration: | hegeomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hayg-eh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to lead, i.e. command (with official authority) 2. (figuratively) to deem, i.e. consider |
| KJV Renderings: | account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡγέομαι, ἡγοῦμαι; perfect ἥγημαι; 1 aorist ἡγησάμην; (from ἄγω (cf. Curtius, p. 688)); deponent middle; from Homer down;
1. to lead, i. e.
a. to go before;
b. to be a leader; to rule, command; to have authority over: in the N. T. so only in the present participle ἡγούμενος, a prince, of regal power (Eze 43:7 for îÆìÆê; Sir 17:17), Mat 2:6; a (royal) governor, viceroy, Act 7:10; chief, Luk 22:26 (opposed to ὁ διακονῶν); leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἐν τισί, among any, Act 15:22; with the genitive of the person over whom one rules, so of the overseers or leaders of Christian churches: Heb 13:7; Heb 13:17; Heb 13:24 (οἴκου, 2Ch 31:13; τῶν πατριῶν, 1Es 5:65 (66), 67 (68); τῆς πόλεως, Jdg 9:51 Alex.; a military leader, 1Ma 9:30; 2Ma 14:16; used also in Greek writings of any kind of a leader, chief, commander, Sophocles Phil. 386; often in Polybius; Diodorus 1, 4 and 72; Lucian, Alex. 44; others); with the genitive of the thing, τοῦ λόγου, the leader in speech, chief speaker, spokesman: Act 14:12 of Mercury, who is called also τοῦ λόγου ἡγεμών in Jamblichus’ de myster., at the beginning
2. (like the Latinduco) equivalent to to consider, deem, account, think: with two accusatives, one of the objects, the other of the predicate, Act 26:2; Php 2:3; Php 2:6 (on which see ἁρπαγμός, Php 2:2 (Winer’s Grammar, § 44, 3 c.)); Php 3:7 (cf. Buttmann, 59 (51); Winer’s Grammar, 274 (258)); 1Ti 1:12; 1Ti 6:1; Heb 10:29; Heb 11:11; Heb 11:26; 2Pe 1:13; 2Pe 2:13; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:15. τινα ὡς τινα, 2Th 3:15 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 65, 1 a.); τινα ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ, to esteem one exceedingly, 1Th 5:13 (περί πολλοῦ, Herodotus 2, 115; περί πλειστου, Thucydides 2, 89); with accusative of the thing followed by ὅταν, Jas 1:2; ἀναγκαῖον, followed by an infinitive, 2Co 9:5; Php 2:25; δίκαιον, followed by an infinitive, 2Pe 1:13; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Php 3:8. (Compare: διηγέομαι, ἐκηγέομαι, διηγέομαι, ἐξηγέομαι, προηγέομαι. [SYNONYMS: δοκέω I, ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω 2, οἴομαι: ἡγέομαι and νομίζω 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; δοκέω and οἴομαι, on the other hand, describe a subjective judgment growing out of inclination or a view of facts in their relation to us. ἡγέομαι denotes a more deliberate and careful judgment than νομίζω; οἴομαι, a subjective judgment which has feeling rather than thought (δοκέω) for its ground. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 17.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἡγέομαι (account)
Matthew 2:6
- KJV: And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel
- GK: και συ Βηθλεέμ γη Ιούδα ουδαμώς ελαχίστη ει εν τοις ηγεμόσιν Ιούδα εκ σου γαρ εξελεύσεται ηγούμενος όστις ποιμανεί τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ
Luke 22:26
- KJV: But ye not so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve
- GK: υμείς δε ουχ ούτως αλλ΄ ο μείζων εν υμίν γενέσθω ως ο νεώτερος και ο ηγούμενος ως ο διακονών
Acts 7:10
- KJV: And delivered him out of all his afflictions and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house
- GK: και εξείλετο αυτόν εκ πασών των θλίψεων αυτού και έδωκεν αυτώ χάριν και σοφίαν εναντίον Φαράω βασιλέως Αιγύπτου και κατέστησεν αυτόν ηγούμενον επ΄ Αίγυπτον και όλον τον οίκον αυτού
Acts 14:12
- KJV: And they called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the chief speaker
- GK: εκάλουν τε τον μεν Βαρνάβαν Δία τον δε Παύλον Ερμήν επειδή αυτός ην ο ηγούμενος του λόγου
Acts 15:22
- KJV: Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas chief men among the brethren
- GK: τότε έδοξε τοις αποστόλοις και τοις πρεσβυτέροις συν όλη τη εκκλησία εκλεξαμένους άνδρας εξ αυτών πέμψαι εις Αντιόχειαν συν Παύλω και Βαρνάβα Ιούδαν τον επικαλούμενον Βαρσαββάν και Σίλαν άνδρας ηγουμένους εν τοις αδελφοίς
Acts 26:2
- KJV: I think myself happy king Agrippa because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews
- GK: περί πάντων ων εγκαλούμαι υπό Ιουδαίων βασιλεύ Αγρίππα ήγημαι εμαυτόν μακάριον μέλλων απολογείσθαι επί σου σήμερον
2 Corinthians 9:5
- KJV: Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty whereof ye had notice before that the same might be ready as bounty and not as covetousness
- GK: αναγκαίον ούν ηγησάμην παρακαλέσαι τους αδελφούς ίνα προέλθωσιν εις υμάς και προκαταρτίσωσι την προκατηγγελμένην ευλογίαν υμών ταύτην ετοίμην είναι ούτως ως ευλογίαν και μη ώσπερ πλεονεξίαν
Philippians 2:3
- KJV: nothing through strife or vainglory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves
- GK: μηδέν κατά ερίθειαν η κενοδοξίαν αλλά τη ταπεινοφροσύνη αλλήλους ηγούμενοι υπερέχοντας εαυτών
Philippians 2:6
- KJV: Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God
- GK: ος εν μορφή θεού υπάρχων ουχ αρπαγμόν ηγήσατο το είναι ίσα θεώ