Strong's Lexicon
G1671
G1671 — Ἑλλάς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1671 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἑλλάς |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Hellas |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hel-las' |
| Meaning: | 1. Hellas (or Greece), a country of Europe |
| KJV Renderings: | Greece |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδος, ἡ, Greece i. e. Greece proper, as opposed to Macedonia, equivalent to Ἀχαΐα (which see) in the time of the Romans: Act 20:2 (cf. Wetstein at the passage; Meyer on Act 18:12).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἑλλάς (Greece)
Acts 20:2
- KJV: And when he had gone over those parts and had given them much exhortation he came into Greece
- GK: διελθών δε τα μέρη εκείνα και παρακαλέσας αυτούς λόγω πολλώ ήλθεν εις την Ελλάδα