HEGEMONIDES hĕj’ ə mō’ nə dez (̔Ηγεμονίδης). A Syrian officer appointed by King Antiochus in command of the district from Ptolemais to Gerar at the time when the king was forced to return to Antioch to deal wth a revolt by Philip (162 b.c.). The KJV rendering is “principal governor” (2 Macc 13:24).