Hellenist
Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet
(Grecian), the term applied in the New Testament to Greek-speaking or "Grecian" Jews. The Hellenists as a body included not only the proselytes of Greek (or foreign) parentage, but also those. Jews who, by settling in foreign countries, had adopted the prevalent form of the current Greek civilization, and with it the use of the common Greek dialect. (Acts 6:1; 9:29)
In other dictionaries
Read “Graecia” in the 9 dictionaries- GreeceEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- GreekEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- GraeciaInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Greece; GraeciaInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Hellenism; HellenistInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- GrecianSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- Greece, GrecianTranslation Words
- Greek, Grecian, HellenistTranslation Words
Source of the article
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 1.3, based on the 1884 Peloubet revision with later digital enrichments preserved