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Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἄγω

Sense 1: to be a governor

Semantic entry: 37.60

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Rule, Govern

Definition: (derivative of ἡγεμών[a] ‘ruler,’ 37.59: ἡγεμών) to be a governor, in the NT restricted to the meaning of a governor of a Roman province

Notes: The expression ‘Quirinius was governor of Syria’ (RV LUK 2:2 · LV LUK 2:2 · Read together LUK 2:2) may be rendered in some languages as ‘Quirinius was the one who commanded all those in the province of Syria’ or ‘Quirinius gave orders to all those in Syria.’

LUK 2:2: RV LUK 2:2 · LV LUK 2:2 · Read together LUK 2:2

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OET-RV LUK 2:2

2 (This census was conducted when Kurenios (Quirinius) was the governor of Aram (Syria).)

OET-LV LUK 2:2

2 (This registration first became when_ Kuraʸnios _governing the Suria/(ʼArām).
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LUK 3:1: RV LUK 3:1 · LV LUK 3:1 · Read together LUK 3:1

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OET-RV LUK 3:1

3 It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Kaisar Tiberios when Pontios Pilatos (Pilate) was the governor of Yehudah (Judea) and Herodes (Herod) was the ruler of the Galili quarter. His brother Filippos (Philip) was the ruler of the Iturean quarter and of the region of Trakonitis, and Lusanias was the ruler of the Abilainai quarter.

OET-LV LUK 3:1

3 And in the_ fifteenth _year of _the government of _Tiberios Kaisar, Pontios Pilatos was governing of_ the _Youdaia, and Haʸrōdaʸs being _quarter _ruler of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), And Filippos the brother of _him being _quarter _ruler of_ the _Itouraios and Traⱪōnitis region, and Lusanios the being _quarter _ruler of _Abilaʸnaʸ,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἡγεμονεύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to be a governor