Strong G1674Ἑλληνίς=Ἑλληνίς
Gentile
- Transliteration
- Hellēnis
- Pronunciation
- hel-lay-nis'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Feminine of G1672; a Grecian (that is non-Jewish) woman: - Greek.
Detailed definition
Ἑλληνίς
[in LXX: 2Ma.6:8 A *;]
a Greek (i.e. Gentile) woman: Mrk.7:26, Act.17:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.6:8 A *;]
a Greek (i.e. Gentile) woman: Mrk.7:26, Act.17:12.†
(AS)
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 G1674 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- greek1
- greeks1
First verses
- Mark 7:26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
- Acts 17:12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
1. feminine of Ἕλλην, attic.
2. Ἑλληνίς (see. entry γυνή); a Grecian woman , [Refs 5th c.BC (Euripides)] (Middle Liddel)
2. Ἑλληνίς (see. entry γυνή); a Grecian woman , [Refs 5th c.BC (Euripides)] (Middle Liddel)