Quick Definition
ἡγεμονία, ας, ἡ n.f. rule, authority
Strong's Definition
government, i.e. (in time) official term
Derivation: from G2232 (ἡγεμών);
KJV Usage: reign
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἄγω
37.58 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
government, rule ruling over, with the implication of providing direction and leadership In a number of languages it may be necessary to express the concept of ‘ruling’ by some form of ‘command,’ for example, ‘he commands people what they must do’ or ‘he orders people’ or ‘he is the chief over people.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡγεμονία, -ας, ἡ, (ἡγεμών), [Hdt., Thue., Plat., al-], chief command, rule, sovereignty: of the reign of ἃ Roman emperor, Lk. iii. 1; Joseph. antt. 18, 4, 2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἡγεμονία hēgemonia 1x
leadership, sovereignty; in NT a reign, Lk. 3:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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*;]
rule, sovereignty: Lk 3:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἡγεμονία. Like the preceding verb, ἡγεμονία is used for the office or rule of the prefect, e.g. P Oxy I. 5910 (A.D. 292) ἀπαντῆσαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν Kal προσεδρεῦσαι τῷ ἀχράντῳ αὐτοῦ δικαστηρί[ῳ, ““ἴο proceed to his highness the praefect and attend his immaculate court’? (Edd.), 16. 11. 237% ὃ αἱ. (a.p. 186) γράφειν τῇ ἡγεμονίᾳ, P Ryl II. 7786 (Α.Ὁ. 192) ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπαφροδείτῳ ἡγεμονίᾳ Λαρκίου Mépopos, ‘‘during the delightful praefecture of Larcius Memor” (Edd.), P Oxy Χ. 1252 recio δ (A.D. 288-95) ἐκ προστάξεως τῆς ἡγεμονίας, “ἔῃ accordance with the order of the prefect.” The word is also used in a military sense (as in Plut. Camz//. 23) of a “battalion,” or division of an army, under its ἥγεμών or officer: cf. P Rein 9! (B.c. 112) Διονύσιος ᾿Απολλω]νίου [Πέρσ]ῃς τῆς ᾿Αρτεμιδώρου ἡγεμονίας, ““ Dionysios fils d’Apollonios, Perse, du commandement d’Artémidéros” (Ed ) and the discussion on p. 32f., and Sy// 197°5 (B.c. 284-3) τοὺς μὲν βουλομέν[ους στρατ]εύεσθαι διώικησεν ὅπως
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἡγεμονία (hēgemonia) — reign. ἡγεμον-ία, ἡ, leading the way, going first, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. authority, rule, of dynasties or nations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a general or officer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἡ. τῶν Ἰώνων τοῦ πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κατὰ πόλεμον ἡ., τῶν πολεμικῶν ἡ ἡ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. δικαστηρίου presidency in a court, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; headship of a philosophical school, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. political supremacy, ἡ ἡ. τῆς 'Ελλάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν 'Αρείῳ πάγῳ βουλὴ οὐδενὶ δόγματι λαβοῦσα τὴν ἡ.[Refs]; political leadership of an individual, [Refs]
II.2. b = Latin imperium, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; reign of an Emperor, [NT]; office of prefect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. military unit, regiment, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but αἱ μείζονες ἡ. the higher commands, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. chief thing, principal part, ἡ. τῆς τέχνης [Refs 4th c.BC+]
V. a principality, [LXX]; a Roman governorship, ἡ 'Ιλλυρίδος ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; tenure of office of a governor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ Ἡ. the Government, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]