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Lexicon :: Strong's G1672 - hellēn

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Ἕλλην
Transliteration
hellēn (Key)
Pronunciation
hel'-lane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 2:504,227

Strong’s Definitions

Ἕλλην Héllēn, hel'-lane; from G1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew:—Gentile, Greek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G1672 in the following manner: Greek (20x), Gentile (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G1672 in the following manner: Greek (20x), Gentile (7x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἕλλην Héllēn, hel'-lane; from G1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew:—Gentile, Greek.
STRONGS G1672:
Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ;
1. a Greek by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies: Acts 18:17 Rec.; Ἕλληνές τε καὶ 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); Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ 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 Greece etc. (especially American edition).]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
7:35; 12:20
Acts
11:20; 14:1; 16:1; 16:3; 17:4; 18:4; 18:17; 19:10; 19:17; 20:21; 21:28
Romans
1:14; 1:16; 2:9; 2:10; 3:9; 10:12
1 Corinthians
1:22; 1:23; 1:24; 10:32; 12:13
Galatians
2:3; 3:28
Colossians
3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1672 matches the Greek Ἕλλην (hellēn),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:20 - Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1 - Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:1 - And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3 - Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:4 - And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4 - And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:10 - And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:17 - And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:21 - Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14 - I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:9 - What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12 - And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 - Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:24 - But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:32 - Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:3 - But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
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