Ἑλληνιστής
Transliteration
hellēnistēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hel-lay-nis-tace'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of Ἕλλην (G1672)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Ἑλληνιστάς — 2x
Ἑλληνιστῶν — 1x
Ἑλληνιστάς — 2x
Ἑλληνιστῶν — 1x
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 2:504,227

Strong’s Definitions

Ἑλληνιστής Hellēnistḗs, hel-lay-nis-tace'; from a derivative of G1672; a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew:—Grecian.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1675 in the following manner: Grecians (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1675 in the following manner: Grecians (3x).

  1. a Hellenist

    1. one who imitates the manners and customs or the worship of the Greeks, and use the Greek tongue

    2. used in the NT of Jews born in foreign lands and speaking Greek

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἑλληνιστής Hellēnistḗs, hel-lay-nis-tace'; from a derivative of G1672; a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew:—Grecian.
STRONGS G1675:
Ἑλληνιστής, -οῦ, ὁ, (from ἑλληνίζω to copy the manners and worship of the Greeks or to use the Greek language [Winers Grammar, 94 (89f), cf. 28]), a Hellenist, i. e. one who imitates the manners and customs or the worship of the Greeks, and uses the Greek tongue; employed in the N. T. of Jews born in foreign lands and speaking Greek [Grecian Jews]: Acts 11:20 R [WH; see in Ἕλλην, 2]; Acts 9:29; the name adhered to them even after they had embraced Christianity, Acts 6:1, where it is opposed to οἱ Ἑβραῖοί, which see Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Hellenisten; Reuss in Herzog see p. 701ff; [BB. DD., under the word Hellinist; Farrar, St. Paul, chapter 7; Wetstein on Acts 6:1].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
6:1; 6:1; 9:29; 11:20
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