verb
hēgemoneuamō
Strong’sG2230
I govern
stem hēgemoneu-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἡγεμονεύω
(< ἡγεμών),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2230 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhayg-em-on-yoo'-o
to act as ruler
Fromfrom G2232;
King Jamesbe governor.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect ἁγ-, lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον Refs 8th c.BC+; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, Refs 8th c.BC+
c dative person, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω Refs 8th c.BC+; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, Refs 8th c.BC+
II lead in war, rule, command, once in Refs 8th c.BC+; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, to have or take the command, Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, to be ruled, ὑπό τινος Refs 8th c.BC+
III to be governor, τῆς Συρίας Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hēgemoneuarōntouἡγεμονεύοντος | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine | governor | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hēgemoneuamō | hēgemoneuame | hēgemoneuami | hēgemoneuama | hēgemoneuamē | hēgemoneuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hēgemoneuasō | hēgemoneuase | hēgemoneuasi | hēgemoneuasa | hēgemoneuasē | hēgemoneuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hēgemoneuatō | hēgemoneuate | hēgemoneuati | hēgemoneuata | hēgemoneuatē | hēgemoneuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hēgemoneuanō | hēgemoneuane | hēgemoneuani | hēgemoneuana | hēgemoneuanē | hēgemoneuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hēgemoneuavō | hēgemoneuave | hēgemoneuavi | hēgemoneuava | hēgemoneuavē | hēgemoneuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hēgemoneualō | hēgemoneuale | hēgemoneuali | hēgemoneuala | hēgemoneualē | hēgemoneualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hēgemoneuameiō | hēgemoneuameia | hēgemoneuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hēgemoneuaseiō | hēgemoneuaseia | hēgemoneuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hēgemoneuateiō | hēgemoneuateia | hēgemoneuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hēgemoneuaneiō | hēgemoneuaneia | hēgemoneuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hēgemoneuaveiō | hēgemoneuaveia | hēgemoneuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hēgemoneualeiō | hēgemoneualeia | hēgemoneualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hēgemoneuasōr | hēgemoneuasar | hēgemoneuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hēgemoneuatōr | hēgemoneuatar | hēgemoneuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hēgemoneuavōr | hēgemoneuavar | hēgemoneuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hēgemoneualōr | hēgemoneualar | hēgemoneualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hēgemoneuamoiō | hēgemoneuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hēgemoneuasoiō | hēgemoneuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hēgemoneuatoiō | hēgemoneuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hēgemoneuanoiō | hēgemoneuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hēgemoneuavoiō | hēgemoneuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hēgemoneualoiō | hēgemoneualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hēgemoneuarō | hēgemoneuari | hēgemoneuara | hēgemoneuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hēgemoneuarōntos2× | hēgemoneuarintos | hēgemoneuarantos | hēgemoneuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hēgemoneu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hēgemoneuarōntou“governor”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine2×
Luke 2:2houtas apografas prōtas geneta hēgemoneuarōntou tau Suriau Kurēniou;… census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 3:1… de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōntou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou …… Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee …