noun · feminine
hēgemonias
Strong’sG2231
rule, authority
stem hēgemoni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 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.
ἡγεμονία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἡγεμών), [in LXX: Ge 36:30 (אַלּוּף), Nu 1:52 2:17 (דֶּגֶל), Si 7:4 10:1, IV Mac 6:33 13:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2231 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhayg-em-on-ee'-ah
government, i.e. (in time) official term
Fromfrom G2232;
King Jamesreign.
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
leading the way, going first, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, Refs 5th c.BC+
II authority, rule, of dynasties or nations, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a general or officer, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἡ. τῶν Ἰώνων τοῦ πολέμου Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ κατὰ πόλεμον ἡ., τῶν πολεμικῶν ἡ ἡ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ. δικαστηρίου presidency in a court, Refs 4th c.BC+; headship of a philosophical school, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 political supremacy, ἡ ἡ. τῆς 'Ελλάδος Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐν 'Αρείῳ πάγῳ βουλὴ οὐδενὶ δόγματι λαβοῦσα τὴν ἡ.Refs; political leadership of an individual, Refs
II.2.b = Latin imperium, Refs 2nd c.BC+; τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ἡ. Refs 1st c.AD+; reign of an Emperor, NT; office of prefect, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III military unit, regiment, Refs 2nd c.BC+; but αἱ μείζονες ἡ. the higher commands, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV chief thing, principal part, ἡ. τῆς τέχνης Refs 4th c.BC+
V a principality, LXX; a Roman governorship, ἡ 'Ιλλυρίδος ἡ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; tenure of office of a governor, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἡ Ἡ. the Government, Refs 3rd 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hēgemonias | hēgemoniais |
| object accusative | hēgemonian | hēgemoniain |
| direct address vocative | hēgemoniar | hēgemoniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hēgemoniau1×ἡγεμονίας | hēgemoniaiu |
| to, for dative | hēgemonia | hēgemoniai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hēgemonia 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hēgemoniau“reign”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:1En ete de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōntou Pontiou Pilatou tau …In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate …