Strongs's #1672: Hellen - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #1672: Hellen (pronounced hel'-lane)

from 1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew:-- Gentile, Greek.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Hellēn

1) a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies
2) in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship

Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from G1671
Citing in TDNT: 2:504, 227

Usage:

This word is used 27 times:

John 7:35: "the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?"
John 7:35: "and teach the Gentiles?"
John 12:20: "And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship"
Acts 14:1: "multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed."
Acts 16:1: "and believed; but his father was a Greek:"
Acts 16:3: "his father was a Greek."
Acts 17:4: "and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the"
Acts 18:4: "and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."
Acts 18:17: "Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue,"
Acts 19:10: "both Jews and Greeks."
Acts 19:17: "to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and"
Acts 20:21: "both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and"
Acts 21:28: "and further brought Greeks also into the temple,"
Romans 1:14: "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise,"
Romans 1:16: "first, and also to the Greek."
Romans 2:9: "Jew first, and also of the Gentile;"
Romans 2:10: "Jew first, and also to the Gentile:"
Romans 3:9: "both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;"
Romans 10:12: "between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord"
1 Corinthians 1:22: "require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:"
1 Corinthians 1:23: "a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;"
1 Corinthians 1:24: "both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and"
1 Corinthians 10:32: "Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church"
1 Corinthians 12:13: "whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;"
Galatians 2:3: "was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:"
Galatians 3:28: "neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor"
Colossians 3:11: "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor"