- ἡγεμονεύω
- ἡγεμονεύω (ἡγεμών; Hom.+; SIG 877, 5; OGI 493, 24; PTebt 302, 7; PRyl 113, 20; PStras 41, 17; Philo, Joseph., Just.; SibOr 5, 348) to exercise an administrative position, be leader, command, rule, order, of the administration of imperial legates (governors; s. ἡγεμών 2; the verb in this mng. POslo 99, 3 [160/61 A.D.]; Jos., Ant. 15, 345; Just., A I, 29, 2) ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου while Quirinius was governor of Syria Lk 2:2. On the governorship of Quirinius s. FBleckmann, Klio 17, 1920, 104–12; HDessau, ibid. 252–58; RBrown, The Birth of the Messiah ’77, 547–56. S. also on ἀπογραφή and Κυρήνιος.—Of Pontius Pilate ἡγεμονεύοντος Π. Π. τῆς Ἰουδαίας while P.P. was prefect of Judaea Lk 3:1 (for this D has the less precise ἐπιτροπεύω).—DELG s.v. ἡγέομαι. M-M.
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