ἡγέομαι, 
-οῦμαι; perfect 
ἥγημαι; 1 aorist 
ἡγησάμην; (from 
ἄγω [cf. Curtius, p. 688]); deponent middle; from Homer down;
1. to lead, i. e.
a. to go before;
b. to be a leader; to rule, command; to have authority over: in the 
N. T. so only in the present participle 
ἡγούμενος, 
a prince, of regal power (
Ezekiel 43:7 for 
מֶלֶךְ; Sir. 17:17), 
Matthew 2:6; 
a (royal) 
governor, viceroy, Acts 7:10; 
chief, Luke 22:26 (opposed to 
ὁ διακονῶν); 
leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἔν τισι, among any, 
Acts 15:22; with the genitive of the person over whom one rules, so of the overseers or leaders of Christian churches: 
Hebrews 13:7, 
17, 
24 (
οἴκου, 
2 Chronicles 31:13; 
τῶν πατριῶν, 1 Esdr. 5:65 (66), 67 (68); 
τῆς πόλεως, 
Judges 9:51 Alex.; a military leader, 1 Macc. 9:30; 2 Macc. 14:16; used also in Greek writings of any kind of a leader, chief, commander, Sophocles Phil. 386; often in Polybius; Diodorus 1, 4 and 72; Lucian, Alex. 44; others); with the genitive of the thing, 
τοῦ λόγου, the leader in speech, chief speaker, spokesman: 
Acts 14:12 of Mercury, who is called also 
τοῦ λόγου ἡγεμών in Jamblichus' de myster., at the beginning.
2. (like the Latin 
duco) equivalent to 
to consider, deem, account, think: with two accusatives, one of the objects, the other of the predicate, 
Acts 26:2; 
Philippians 2:3, 
6 (on which see 
ἁρπαγμός, 
Philippians 2:2 [Winer's Grammar, § 44, 3 c.]); 
Philippians 3:7 [cf. Buttmann, 59 (51); Winer's Grammar, 274 (258)]; 
1 Timothy 1:12; 
1 Timothy 6:1; 
Hebrews 10:29; 
Hebrews 11:11, 
26; 
2 Peter 1:13; 
2 Peter 2:13; 
2 Peter 3:9, 
15. 
τινὰ ὥς τινα, 
2 Thessalonians 3:15 [(cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.]); 
τινά ὑπερεκπερισσῶς, to esteem one exceedingly, 
1 Thessalonians 5:13 (
περὶ πολλοῦ, Herodotus 2, 115; 
περὶ πλείστου, Thucydides 2, 89); with accusative of the thing followed by 
ὅταν, 
James 1:2; 
ἁναγκαῖον, followed by an infinitive, 
2 Corinthians 9:5; 
Philippians 2:25; 
δίκαιον, followed by an infinitive, 
2 Peter 1:13; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, 
Philippians 3:8.
[
Compare: δι-, 
ἐκ-, 
δι-, 
ἐξ-, 
προηγέομαι.
Synonyms: δοκέω 1, 
ἡγέομαι 2, 
νομίζω 2, 
οἴομαι: 
ἡγ. and 
νομ. denote a belief resting not on one's inner feeling or sentiment, but on the due consideration of external grounds, the weighing and comparing of facts; 
δοκ. and 
οἴ., on the other hand, describe a subjective judgment growing out of inclination or a view of facts in their relation to us. 
ἡγ. denotes a more deliberate and careful judgment than 
νομ.; 
οἴ. a subjective judgment which has feeling rather than thought (
δοκ.) for its ground. Cf. Schmidt ch. 17.] 
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