Strong G1672Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην

Greek, Gentile

Transliteration
Hellēn
Pronunciation
hel'-lane
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

From G1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek speaking person especially a non-Jew: - Gentile Greek.

Detailed definition

Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ
[in LXX: Jol.3:6, Zec.9:13 (יָוָן), etc.; 1Ma.1:19, al. *;]
a Greek; opposite to βάρβαρος, Rom.1:14; usually in ΝΤ of Greek Gentiles, opposite to Ἰουδαῖοι: Jhn.7:35, Act.11:29 14:1 16:1, 3 18:4 19:19, 17 20:21 21:28 Rom.1:16 2:9-10 3:9 10:12, 1Co.1:22 1:24 10:32 12:13, Gal.2:3 3:28, Col.3:11; of proselytes, Jhn.12:29, Act.17:4.†
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In the biblical story

Javan

Son of Japheth; ancestor of Greek people

Javan, the ancestor of the Greek people, was a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah.

In the Bible

Strong G1672 appears in 26 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • greeks13
  • greek7
  • gentiles4
  • gentile2

First verses

  1. John 7:35
    Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
  2. John 12:20
    And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
  3. Acts 14:1
    And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
  4. Acts 16:1
    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
  5. Acts 16:3
    Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
  6. Acts 17:4
    And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
  7. Acts 18:4
    And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
  8. Acts 18:17
    Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
  9. Acts 19:10
    And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
  10. Acts 19:17
    And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
  11. Acts 20:21
    Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  12. Acts 21:28
    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
  13. Romans 1:14
    I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
  14. Romans 1:16
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  15. Romans 2:9
    Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  16. Romans 2:10
    But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
  17. Romans 3:9
    What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
  18. Romans 10:12
    For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
  19. 1 Corinthians 1:22
    For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
  20. 1 Corinthians 1:23
    But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
1. Hellen , son of Deucalion, [8th/7th c.BC (Hesiod)]
2. the Ἕλληνες of [8th/7th c.BC (Homer)] are the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief (compare Ἑλλάς 1), [8th/7th c.BC (Iliad by Homer)]
3. later, Ἕλληνες was the regularly name for Greeks , opposite to βάρβαροι, [Refs 5th c.BC (Herdotus Historicus)], etc.
4. later still, of Gentiles , Opp. to Jews, [Refs 1st c.AD (New Testament)]
5. as adjective = Ἑλληνικός, [Refs 5th c.BC (Thucydides)], etc.:—;even with a fem. Substantive, [6th/5th c.BC (Aeschulus Tragicus), Refs 5th c.BC (Euripides)] (Middle Liddel)