ἡγέομαι

ἡγέομαι, -οῦμαι depon. mid.,

[in LXX (chiefly Pres. ptcp.) for נָגִיד, רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc. ;]

1. to lead;

(a) to guide, go before;

(b) to rule, be leader: present ptcp., ἡγούενος, a ruler, leader (MM, Exp., xiv), Matt 2,6 (LXX), Luk 22,26, ApG 7,10; 14,12; 15,22, Hebr 13,7, 17; 13,24.

2. to suppose, believe, consider, think (Hdt., Soph., al.; of. Lat. duco): with dupl. accusative, ApG 26,2, Fil 2,3, 6; 3,7, 1 Tim 1,12; 6,1, Hebr 10,29; 11,11, 26, 2 Pet 1,13; 2,13; 3,9; 3,15; with accusative before ὡς, with accusative, 2 Thess 3,15 with accusative before adv., 1 Thess 5,13 ὅταν, Jak 1,2 ἀναγκαῖον, with inf., 2 Kor 9,5, Fil 2,25; δίκαιον, with inf., 2 Pet 1,13 with accusative and inf., Fil 3,8 (of. δι-, ἐκ-δι-, ἐξ- προ-ηγέομαι).†

SYN.: see: δοκέω