- ἡγεμών
- ἡγεμών, όνος, ὁ (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.).① one who rules, esp. in a preeminent position, ruler (Soph., Oed. R. 103; SIG 814, 25; Ex 15:15; Job 42:17d; Jos., Ant. 19, 217. Perh. ‘chieftain’ Gen 36:15ff; 1 Ch 1:51ff) ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα among the rulers of Judah Mt 2:6 (after Mi 5:1; the rendering ἐν τ. ἡγεμόσιν instead of the LXX ἐν χιλιάσιν, following rabbinic methods of interpretation, is suggested by ἡγούμενον in 2 Km 5:2, cited in the last part of Mt 2:6. On the view that a misunderstanding of the original text or a variant in the LXX tradition underlies the text, s. comm.).② head imperial provincial administrator, governor in the provinces (Dio Chrys. 31 [48], 1; Ael. Aristid. 50, 12 K.= 26 p. 505 D.; OGI index; pap; Jos., Ant. 15, 405) Mt 10:18; 27:23 v.l.; Mk 13:9; Lk 21:12; 1 Pt 2:14. Esp. of the procurators or prefects in Judaea: Pontius Pilate (Jos., Ant. 18, 55 Πιλᾶτος δὲ ὁ τ. Ἰουδαίας ἡγεμών; JVardaman, A New Inscr. [Lat.] which Mentions Pilate as ‘Prefect’, JBL 81, ’62, 70f; Boffo, Iscrizione no. 25) Mt 27:2, 11, 14 f, 21, 27; 28:14; Lk 20:20; Felix Ac 23:24, 26, 33; 24:1, 10; Festus 26:30.—Jerome (in Epheus) AcPl Ha 1, 23. WLiebenam, Beiträge z. Verwaltungsgesch. d. röm. Reiches I 1886, 1ff; Pauly-W. XXIII, 1, 1240–79. GBurton, Provincial Procurators and the Public Provinces: Chiron 23, ’93, 13–28.—LRobert, AntCl 62, ’60, 329. DELG s.v. ἡγέομαι. EDNT. M-M.
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