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Matthew 27:15

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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)

G2596 at κατα

G1161 Now δε

G1859 that feast εορτην

G1486 was wont ειωθει

G3588 the ο

G2232 governor ηγεμων

G630 to release απολυειν

G1520 a ενα

G3588 unto the τω

G3793 people οχλω

G1198 prisoner δεσμιον

G3739 whom ον

G2309 they would ηθελον

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

G1161 Now

G2596 at

that

G1859 feast

G3588 the

G2232 governor

was

G1486 wont

G630 release

unto

G3588 the

G3793 people

G1520 a

G1198 prisoner

G3739 whom

they

G2309 would

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Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G2232

Greek: ἡγεμών

Transliteration: hēgemōn

Pronunciation: hayg-em-ohn'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: governor prince ruler.

Definition:

a leader that is chief person (or figuratively place) of a province

1. a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign

a. a "legatus Caesaris", an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor

1. the governor of a province

b. a procurator, an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a proprietor and had charge of the imperial revenues

1. in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice. In the smaller provinces also, which were so to speak appendages of the greater, he discharged the functions of governor of the province; and such was the relation of the procurator of Judaea to the governor of Syria.

c. first, leading, chief

d. of a principal town as the capital of the region

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.