Strong's Lexicon

G1674

G1674 — Ἑλληνίς

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekHellenisName/g.Occurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1674
Word:Ἑλληνίς
Part of Speech:Name/g.
Etymology:feminine of G1672
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:Hellenis
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:hel-lay-nis'
Meaning:1. a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman
KJV Renderings:Greek

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Ἑλληνίς, ἑλληνιδος, ;

1. a Greek woman.

2. a Gentile woman; not a Jewess (see Ἕλλην, 2): Mar 7:26; Act 17:12.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

Ἑλληνίς (Greek)

Mark 7:26

KJV: The woman was a Greek a Syrophenician by nation and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter
GK: ην δε η γυνή Ελληνίς Συροφοίνισσα τω γένει και ηρώτα αυτόν ίνα το δαιμόνιον εκβάλλη εκ της θυγατρός αυτής

Acts 17:12

KJV: Therefore many of them believed also of honourable women which were Greeks and of men not a few
GK: πολλοί μεν ούν εξ αυτών επίστευσαν και των Ελληνίδων γυναικών των ευσχημόνων και ανδρών ουκ ολίγοι
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