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Greek - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly "one who speaks Greek," is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew who dwelt in Palestine.

The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts ("Hellenes").

Greek - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

GREEK, a. Pertaining to Greece. [See Gray.]

GREEK, n. A native of Greece.

1. The language of Greece.

Greek-fire, a combustible composition, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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