noun · feminine
hēgemonias
Greekἡγεμονία (hēgemonia)
Strong’sG2231
rule, authority
stem hēgemoni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hēgemoniau“reign”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:1“reign”En ete de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōtou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōtou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōtou tau Itouraiau kai Trachōnitiau chōrau, kai Lusaniou tau Abilēnau tetraarcharōtou,In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,