ἡγεμών, -όνος, ὁ
(ἡγέομαι), [in LXX for אַלּוּף, שַׂר, etc.;]
1. a leader, guide.
2. a commander.
3. a governor of a province (proconsul, propraetor, legate, or procurator; but cf. ἀνθύπατος): Mt 10:18, Mk 13:9, Lk 21:12, I Pe 2:14; of the Procurator of Judæa, Mt 27:2, 11, 14, 15, 21, 2728:14, Lk 20:20, Ac 23:24, 26, 3324:1, 1026:30.
4. For Heb.אַלְפֵי (LXX, χίλιαι) misread אַלֻּפֵי, leaders: Mt 2:6(OT).†