Strong's Greek · G1672
G1672 Héllēn
Ἕλλην
hel'-lane
Greek, Gentile
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Héllēn appears 25 times in Scripture, including John 7:35 and Acts 16:1. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew
In the King James Version
Gentile, Greek
Derivation
from G1671 (Ἑλλάς);
Appears 25 times in Scripture
“Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.”
“Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.”
“testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.”
“This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.”
“Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.”
“Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.”
“This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.”
“At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
