Strong's Greek · G2232

ἡγεμών

hēgemṓn

governor, prince, ruler

Definition

a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province

Derivation

from G2233 (ἡγέομαι);

Appears 20 times in Scripture

Acts 23:26

Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

Acts 23:24

Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

Matthew 27:11

Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Acts 23:33

When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

Matthew 27:27

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

Matthew 27:15

Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

Matthew 27:21

“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

Matthew 27:14

But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

Matthew 28:14

If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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