Hegemon

hayg-em-ohn'
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Hegemon Definition

  1. a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign
    1. a "legatus Caesaris", an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor
      1. the governor of a province
    2. a procurator, an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a proprietor and had charge of the imperial revenues
      1. in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice. In the smaller provinces also, which were so to speak appendages of the greater, he discharged the functions of governor of the province; and such was the relation of the procurator of Judaea to the governor of Syria.
    3. first, leading, chief
    4. of a principal town as the capital of the region
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
hJgemwvn
Origin
from (2233)
Strong's Number
2232
TDNT Entry
None

KJV Word Usage

governor
19
ruler
2
prince
1
Total
22

KJV Verse Count

10
1
2
7
1
Total
21
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Hegemon". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .