Strong's Concordance Hellén: a Greek, usually a name for a Gentile Original Word: Ἕλλην, ηνος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Hellén Phonetic Spelling: (hel'-lane) Short Definition: a Hellene, a Greek Definition: a Hellene, the native word for a Greek; it is, however, a term wide enough to include all Greek-speaking (i.e. educated) non-Jews. HELPS Word-studies 1672 Héllēn – an Hellene, i.e. a Greek. 1672/Hellēn ("Greek") originally referred to any native Greek and later became synonymous with any Greek-speaking person, i.e. anyone who followed Greek culture (and especially) spoke Greek. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1672: ἝλληνἝλλην, Ἕλληνος, ὁ; 1. a Greek by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies: Acts 18:17 Rec.; Ἕλληνες τέ καί βάρβαροι, Romans 1:14. 2. in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; so that where Ἕλληνες are opposed to Jews, the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship: John 7:35 (cf. Meyer at the passage); Acts 11:20 G L T Tr (cf. B. D. American edition, p. 967); Acts 16:1, 3; (Acts 21:28); 1 Corinthians 1:22, 23 Rec.; Galatians 2:3 (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 11, 2); Ἰουδαῖοι τέ καί Ἕλληνες, and the like: Acts 14:1; Acts 18:4; Acts 19:10, 17; Acts 20:21; Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9, 10; Romans 3:9; Romans 10:12; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11. The word is used in the same wide sense by the Greek church Fathers, cf. Otto on Tatian, p. 2; (Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word). The Ἕλληνες spoken of in John 12:20 and Acts 17:4 are Jewish proselytes from the Gentiles; see προσήλυτος, 2. (Cf. B. D. under the word From Hellas; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew -- Gentile, Greek. see GREEK Hellas Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 167225 Occurrences Ἕλλην — 4 Occ. Ἕλληνας — 5 Occ. Ἕλληνές — 3 Occ. Ἕλληνι — 2 Occ. Ἑλλήνων — 3 Occ. Ἕλληνος — 3 Occ. Ἕλλησιν — 5 Occ. John 7:35 N-GMP GRK: διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων μέλλει πορεύεσθαι NAS: to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach KJV: the dispersed among the Gentiles, and INT: dispersion among the Greeks is he about to go John 7:35 N-AMP John 12:20 N-NMP Acts 14:1 N-GMP Acts 16:1 N-GMS Acts 16:3 N-NMS Acts 17:4 N-GMP Acts 18:4 N-AMP Acts 19:10 N-AMP Acts 19:17 N-DMP Acts 20:21 N-DMP Acts 21:28 N-AMP Romans 1:14 N-DMP Romans 1:16 N-DMS Romans 2:9 N-GMS Romans 2:10 N-DMS Romans 3:9 N-AMP Romans 10:12 N-GMS 1 Corinthians 1:22 N-NMP 1 Corinthians 1:24 N-DMP 1 Corinthians 10:32 N-DMP 1 Corinthians 12:13 N-NMP Galatians 2:3 N-NMS Galatians 3:28 N-NMS Colossians 3:11 N-NMS |
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