Strong's Lexicon
G1672 — Ἕλλην
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1672 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἕλλην |
| Part of Speech: | Name/g. |
| Etymology: | from G1671 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 25 |
| Transliteration: | Hellen |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hel'-layn |
| Meaning: | 1. a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas 2. (by extension) a Greek-speaking person 3. (especially) a non-Jew, i.e. a Gentile |
| KJV Renderings: | Gentile, Greek |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἕλλην, Ἕλληνος, ὁ;
1. a Greek by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies: Act 18:17 Rec.; Ἕλληνες τέ καί βάρβαροι, Rom 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: Joh 7:35 (cf. Meyer at the passage); Act 11:20 G L T Tr (cf. B. D. American edition, p. 967); Act 16:1; Act 16:3; (Act 21:28); 1Co 1:22-23 Rec.; Gal 2:3 (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 11, 2); Ἰουδαῖοι τέ καί Ἕλληνες, and the like: Act 14:1; Act 18:4; Act 19:10; Act 19:17; Act 20:21; Rom 1:16; Rom 2:9-10; Rom 3:9; Rom 10:12; 1Co 1:24; 1Co 10:32; 1Co 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 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 Joh 12:20 and Act 17:4 are Jewish proselytes from the Gentiles; see προσήλυτος, 2. (Cf. B. D. under the word etc. (especially American edition).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἕλλην (Gentile)
John 7:35
- KJV: Then said the Jews among themselves Whither will he go that we shall not find him will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles
- GK: είπον ούν οι Ιουδαίοι προς εαυτούς που ούτος μέλλει πορεύεσθαι ότι ημείς ουχ ευρήσομεν αυτόν μη εις την διασποράν των Ελλήνων μέλλει πορεύεσθαι και διδάσκειν τους Έλληνας
John 12:20
- KJV: And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast
- GK: ήσαν δε τινες Έλληνες εκ των αναβαινόντων ίνα προσκυνήσωσιν εν τη εορτή
Acts 14:1
- KJV: And it came to pass in Iconium that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed
- GK: εγένετο δε εν Ικονίω κατά το αυτό εισελθείν αυτούς εις την συναγωγήν των Ιουδαίων και λαλήσαι ούτως ώστε πιστεύσαι Ιουδαίων τε και Ελλήνων πολύ πλήθος
Acts 16:1
- KJV: Then came he to Derbe and Lystra and behold a certain disciple was there named Timotheus the son of a certain woman which was a Jewess and believed but his father a Greek
- GK: κατήντησε δε εις Δέρβην και Λύστραν και ιδού μαθητής τις ην εκεί ονόματι Τιμόθεος υιός γυναικός τινος Ιουδαίας πιστής πατρός δε Έλληνος
Acts 16:3
- KJV: Him would Paul have to go forth with him and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters for they knew all that his father was a Greek
- GK: τούτον ηθέλησεν ο Παύλος συν αυτώ εξελθείν και λαβών περιέτεμεν αυτόν διά τους Ιουδαίους τους όντας εν τοις τόποις εκείνοις ήδεισαν γαρ άπαντες τον πατέρα αυτού ότι Έλλην υπήρχεν
Acts 17:4
- KJV: And some of them believed and consorted with Paul and Silas and of the devout Greeks a great multitude and of the chief women not a few
- GK: και τινες εξ αυτών επείσθησαν και προσεκληρώθησαν τω Παύλω και τω Σίλα των τε σεβομένων Ελλήνων πολύ πλήθος γυναικών τε των πρώτων ουκ ολίγαι
Acts 18:4
- KJV: And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks
- GK: διελέγετο δε εν τη συναγωγή κατά παν σάββατον έπειθέ τε Ιουδαίους και Έλληνας
Acts 18:17
- KJV: Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes the chief ruler of the synagogue and beat before the judgment seat And Gallio cared for none of those things
- GK: επιλαβόμενοι δε πάντες οι Έλληνες Σωσθένην τον αρχισυνάγωγον έτυπτον έμπροσθεν του βήματος και ουδέν τούτων τω Γαλλίωνι έμελλεν
Acts 19:10
- KJV: And this continued by the space of two years so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus both Jews and Greeks
- GK: τούτο δε εγένετο επί έτη δύο ώστε πάντας τους κατοικούντας την Ασίαν ακούσαι τον λόγον του κυρίου Ιησού Ιουδαίους τε και Έλληνας
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