◄ 1672. Hellén ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1672: Ἕλλην Ἕλλην, 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 etc. (especially American edition).) Forms and Transliterations Ελλην Ἕλλην Ελληνας Ἕλληνας Ελληνες Ἕλληνες Ἕλληνές Ελληνι Ἕλληνι Ελληνος Ἕλληνος Ελληνων Ἑλλήνων Ελλησιν Ἕλλησιν Ἕλλησίν Ellen Ellēn Ellenas Ellēnas Ellenes Ellēnes Elleni Ellēni Ellenon Ellēnōn Ellenos Ellēnos Ellesin Ellēsin Hellen Hellēn Héllen Héllēn Hellenas Hellēnas Héllenas Héllēnas Hellenes Hellēnes Héllenes Héllenés Héllēnes Héllēnés Helleni Hellēni Hélleni Héllēni Hellenon Hellēnōn Hellḗnon Hellḗnōn Hellenos Hellēnos Héllenos Héllēnos Hellesin Hellēsin Héllesin Héllesín Héllēsin Héllēsín Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts