Hegemoneuo describes a person's governing of a named region in the temporal settings of Luke's narrative.

The attested use identifies a person's governing of a region as a temporal setting: Quirinius in Syria and Pontius Pilate in Judea.

1. Governing a named region · dominant

   The same present active participial form occurs in temporal clauses naming Quirinius in relation to Syria and Pontius Pilate in relation to Judea. In Luke 2:2 the APB renders the clause "while Quirinius was governing Syria," and in Luke 3:1 it renders "when Pontius Pilate was governing Judea."

   Luke 2:2Luke 3:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the participial clause with "was governing," linked to Quirinius in Luke 2:2 and Pontius Pilate in Luke 3:1. The verse is read as a whole.