2233. hégeomai
Strong's Lexicon
hégeomai: To lead, to consider, to regard, to think

Original Word: ἡγέομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hégeomai
Pronunciation: hay-GEH-oh-my
Phonetic Spelling: (hayg-eh'-om-ahee)
Definition: To lead, to consider, to regard, to think
Meaning: (a) I lead, (b) I think, am of opinion, suppose, consider.

Word Origin: From the root ἡγέομαι, which is related to the concept of leading or considering.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for hégeomai, similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like חָשַׁב (chashab), meaning to think or consider, and נָגִיד (nagid), meaning leader or ruler.

Usage: The verb hégeomai primarily means to lead or to guide, often in a figurative sense. It is used to express the act of considering or regarding something in a particular way. In the New Testament, it frequently conveys the idea of holding a certain view or opinion, or of esteeming something or someone in a specific manner.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, leadership and guidance were highly valued traits, often associated with authority and wisdom. The term hégeomai reflects these cultural values, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful consideration and wise judgment. In the context of early Christianity, this term would have been understood as a call to discernment and careful evaluation, both in personal conduct and in community leadership.

HELPS Word-studies

2233 hēgéomai (from 71 /ágō, "to lead") – properly, to lead the way (going before as a chief) – cognate with 2232 /hēgemṓn ("a governor or official who leads others").

2233 /hēgéomai ("what goes before, in front") refers to coming first in priority such as: "the leading thought" in one's mind, i.e. to esteem (regard highly); or a leading authority, providing leadership in a local church (see Heb 13:7,17,24).

[2233 /hēgéomai ("an official who leads") carries important responsibility and hence "casts a heavy vote" (influence) – and hence deserve cooperation by those who are led (Heb 13:7; passive, "to esteem/reckon heavily" the person or influence who is leading).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from agó
Definition
to lead, suppose
NASB Translation
chief (1), consider (3), considered (2), considering (1), count (4), counted (1), esteem (1), governor (1), leader (1), leaders (3), leading (1), led (1), regard (5), regarded (1), Ruler (1), thought (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2233: ἡγέομαι

ἡγέομαι, ἡγοῦμαι; 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 מֶלֶך; Sir. 17:17), Matthew 2:6; a (royal) governor, viceroy, Acts 7:10; chief, Luke 22:26 (opposed to διακονῶν); leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, ἐν τισί, 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 Latinduco) 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. τινα ὡς τινα, 2 Thessalonians 3:15 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65, 1 a.); τινα ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ, to esteem one exceedingly, 1 Thessalonians 5:13 (περί πολλοῦ, Herodotus 2, 115; περί πλειστου, Thucydides 2, 89); with accusative of the thing followed by ὅταν, James 1:2; ἀναγκαῖον, 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: διηγέομαι, ἐκηγέομαι, διηγέομαι, ἐξηγέομαι, προηγέομαι. [SYNONYMS: δοκέω I, ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω 2, οἴομαι: ἡγέομαι and νομίζω 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; δοκέω and οἴομαι, on the other hand, describe a subjective judgment growing out of inclination or a view of facts in their relation to us. ἡγέομαι denotes a more deliberate and careful judgment than νομίζω; οἴομαι, a subjective judgment which has feeling rather than thought (δοκέω) for its ground. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 17.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
esteem, judge, suppose, think.

Middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of ago; to lead, i.e. Command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. Consider -- account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.

see GREEK ago

Forms and Transliterations
ηγεισθαι ηγείσθαι ἡγεῖσθαι ηγεισθε ηγείσθε ἡγεῖσθε ηγείσθω ηγεισθωσαν ηγείσθωσαν ἡγείσθωσαν ηγείται ηγείτο ήγημα ηγημαι ήγημαι ἥγημαι ήγησαι ηγησαμενος ηγησάμενος ἡγησάμενος ηγησαμην ηγησάμην ἡγησάμην ηγησασθε ηγήσασθε ἡγήσασθε ηγησατο ηγήσατο ἡγήσατο ηγήσεται ηγήσω ήγηται ηγητέον ηγουμαι ηγούμαι ἡγοῦμαι ηγουμένη ηγουμένην ηγουμενοι ηγουμένοι ηγούμενοι ἡγούμενοι ηγουμενοις ηγουμένοις ἡγουμένοις ηγουμενον ηγούμενον ηγούμενόν ἡγούμενον ηγουμενος ηγούμενος ηγούμενός ἡγούμενος ηγουμένου ηγουμενους ηγουμένους ἡγουμένους ηγουμένω ηγουμενων ηγουμένων ἡγουμένων ηγουνται ηγούνται ἡγοῦνται egeisthai ēgeisthai egeisthe ēgeisthe egeisthosan ēgeisthōsan egemai ēgēmai egesamen ēgēsamēn egesamenos ēgēsamenos egesasthe ēgēsasthe egesato ēgēsato egoumai ēgoumai egoumenoi ēgoumenoi egoumenois ēgoumenois egoumenon ēgoumenon ēgoumenōn egoumenos ēgoumenos egoumenous ēgoumenous egountai ēgountai hegeisthai hegeîsthai hēgeisthai hēgeîsthai hegeisthe hegeîsthe hēgeisthe hēgeîsthe hegeisthosan hegeísthosan hēgeisthōsan hēgeísthōsan hegemai hēgēmai hḗgemai hḗgēmai hegesamen hegesámen hēgēsamēn hēgēsámēn hegesamenos hegesámenos hēgēsamenos hēgēsámenos hegesasthe hegḗsasthe hēgēsasthe hēgḗsasthe hegesato hegḗsato hēgēsato hēgḗsato hegoumai hegoûmai hēgoumai hēgoûmai hegoumenoi hegoúmenoi hēgoumenoi hēgoúmenoi hegoumenois hegouménois hēgoumenois hēgouménois hegoumenon hegouménon hegoúmenon hēgoumenon hēgoumenōn hēgouménōn hēgoúmenon hegoumenos hegoúmenos hēgoumenos hēgoúmenos hegoumenous hegouménous hēgoumenous hēgouménous hegountai hegoûntai hēgountai hēgoûntai
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Matthew 2:6 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος ὅστις ποιμανεῖ
NAS: AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH;
KJV: shall come a Governor, that
INT: for will go forth a leader who will shepherd

Luke 22:26 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ
NAS: the youngest, and the leader like
KJV: and he that is chief, as
INT: and he that leads as he that

Acts 7:10 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον ἐπ' Αἴγυπτον
NAS: and he made him governor over
KJV: he made him governor over Egypt
INT: he appoointed him ruler over Egypt

Acts 14:12 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου
NAS: because he was the chief speaker.
KJV: he was the chief speaker.
INT: was the chief speaker

Acts 15:22 V-PPM/P-AMP
GRK: Σίλαν ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους ἐν τοῖς
NAS: and Silas, leading men
KJV: and Silas, chief men among
INT: Silas men leading among the

Acts 26:2 V-RIM/P-1S
GRK: βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ἥγημαι ἐμαυτὸν μακάριον
NAS: by the Jews, I consider myself
KJV: I think myself happy,
INT: king Agrippa I esteem myself fortunate

2 Corinthians 9:5 V-AIM-1S
GRK: ἀναγκαῖον οὖν ἡγησάμην παρακαλέσαι τοὺς
NAS: So I thought it necessary to urge
KJV: Therefore I thought it necessary
INT: Necessary therefore I esteeemed [it] to exhort the

Philippians 2:3 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: ταπεινοφροσύνῃ ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν
NAS: but with humility of mind regard one another
KJV: let each esteem other better than
INT: in humility one another esteeming above themselves

Philippians 2:6 V-AIM-3S
GRK: οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι
NAS: of God, did not regard equality
KJV: of God, thought it not
INT: not something to be grasped esteemed it to be

Philippians 2:25 V-AIM-1S
GRK: ἀναγκαῖον δὲ ἡγησάμην Ἐπαφρόδιτον τὸν
NAS: But I thought it necessary to send
KJV: Yet I supposed it necessary to send
INT: necessary moreover I esteemed [it] Epaphroditus the

Philippians 3:7 V-RIM/P-1S
GRK: κέρδη ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν
NAS: to me, those things I have counted as loss
KJV: to me, those I counted loss for
INT: gain these I have esteemed on account of

Philippians 3:8 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: γε καὶ ἡγοῦμαι πάντα ζημίαν
NAS: More than that, I count all things
KJV: and I count all things
INT: indeed also I am esteeming all things loss

Philippians 3:8 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: ἐζημιώθην καὶ ἡγοῦμαι σκύβαλα ἵνα
NAS: of all things, and count them but rubbish
KJV: and do count them
INT: I suffered loss of and esteem [them] rubbish that

1 Thessalonians 5:13 V-PNM/P
GRK: καὶ ἡγεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ
NAS: and that you esteem them very highly
KJV: And to esteem them very
INT: and to esteem them exceedingly

2 Thessalonians 3:15 V-PMM/P-2P
GRK: ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε
NAS: [Yet] do not regard him as an enemy,
KJV: Yet count [him] not as
INT: as an enemy esteem [him] but admonish [him]

1 Timothy 1:12 V-AIM-3S
GRK: πιστόν με ἡγήσατο θέμενος εἰς
NAS: me, because He considered me faithful,
KJV: me, for that he counted me faithful,
INT: faithful me he esteemed having appointed [me] to

1 Timothy 6:1 V-PMM/P-3P
GRK: τιμῆς ἀξίους ἡγείσθωσαν ἵνα μὴ
NAS: as slaves are to regard their own
KJV: under the yoke count their own masters
INT: honor worthy let them esteem that not

Hebrews 10:29 V-APM-NMS
GRK: διαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμενος ἐν ᾧ
NAS: of God, and has regarded as unclean
KJV: and hath counted the blood
INT: covenant common having esteemed in which

Hebrews 11:11 V-AIM-3S
GRK: ἐπεὶ πιστὸν ἡγήσατο τὸν ἐπαγγειλάμενον
NAS: since she considered Him faithful
KJV: because she judged him faithful
INT: since faithful she considered the [one] having promised

Hebrews 11:26 V-APM-NMS
GRK: μείζονα πλοῦτον ἡγησάμενος τῶν Αἰγύπτου
NAS: considering the reproach of Christ
KJV: greater riches than the treasures in
INT: greater riches having esteemed than the of egypt

Hebrews 13:7 V-PPM/P-GMP
GRK: Μνημονεύετε τῶν ἡγουμένων ὑμῶν οἵτινες
NAS: Remember those who led you, who spoke
KJV: Remember them which have the rule over you,
INT: Remember the leaders of you who

Hebrews 13:17 V-PPM/P-DMP
GRK: Πείθεσθε τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ὑμῶν καὶ
NAS: Obey your leaders and submit
KJV: Obey them that have the rule over you,
INT: Obey the leaders of you and

Hebrews 13:24 V-PPM/P-AMP
GRK: πάντας τοὺς ἡγουμένους ὑμῶν καὶ
NAS: all of your leaders and all
KJV: all them that have the rule over you,
INT: all the leaders of you and

James 1:2 V-AIM-2P
GRK: Πᾶσαν χαρὰν ἡγήσασθε ἀδελφοί μου
NAS: Consider it all joy,
KJV: My brethren, count it all joy
INT: All joy esteem [it] brothers of me

2 Peter 1:13 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: δίκαιον δὲ ἡγοῦμαι ἐφ' ὅσον
NAS: I consider it right, as long
KJV: Yea, I think it meet, as long as
INT: right moreover I esteem it as much [time] as

Strong's Greek 2233
28 Occurrences


ἥγημαι — 2 Occ.
ἡγησάμην — 2 Occ.
ἡγησάμενος — 2 Occ.
ἡγήσασθε — 1 Occ.
ἡγήσατο — 3 Occ.
ἡγεῖσθαι — 1 Occ.
ἡγεῖσθε — 2 Occ.
ἡγείσθωσαν — 1 Occ.
ἡγοῦμαι — 3 Occ.
ἡγουμένων — 1 Occ.
ἡγούμενοι — 2 Occ.
ἡγουμένοις — 1 Occ.
ἡγούμενον — 1 Occ.
ἡγούμενος — 3 Occ.
ἡγουμένους — 2 Occ.
ἡγοῦνται — 1 Occ.

















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