- ἡγεμονία
- ἡγεμονία, ας, ἡ (ἡγεμών; Hdt.+; loanw. in rabb.) state of being in control over others in official capacity, chief command, direction, management of any high office.ⓐ of the imperial government (of the royal dignity Hdt. 1, 7; 7, 2; EpArist 219; Jos., Ant. 2, 348; ins fr. the age of Augustus: ZNW 22, 1923, 16. Of Nero, SIG 810, 16; of Gaius [Caligula], Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 8; 168; of Vespasian, Jos., Vi. 423) Lk 3:1; 1 Cl 61:1.ⓑ of the office of governor (Jos., Ant. 18, 88 of Syrian legates; OGI 614, 4 of the propraetor of Arabia; POxy 59, 10; 237 V, 6; PRyl 77, 36) ἐν καιρῷ τῆς ἡ. Ποντίου Πιλάτου at the time when P.P. was prefect IMg 11.—DELG s.v. ἡγέομαι. M-M. TW.
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