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The meaning of ἡγεμονία

Understanding hēgemonía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

reign. - government, i.e. (in time) official term

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ἡγεμονία

Phonetichayg-em-on-ee'-ah
Transliterationhēgemonía
Grammar Code
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

reign. - government, i.e. (in time) official term

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

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Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Word: ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía)

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