Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην
HellēnGreek, Gentile
greekNew TestamentName of a people group25 occurrences6 books24 verses
This word comes from the name of Javan.
Definition
Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ
[in LXX: Joel 3:6, Zechariah 9:13 (יָוָן), etc.; 1Ma.1.19, al. * ;]
a Greek; opposite to βάρβαρος, Romans 1:14; usually in ΝΤ of Greek Gentiles, opposite to Ἰουδαῖοι: John 7:35, Acts 11:29; 14:1; 16:1, 3; 18:4; 19:19, 17; 20:21; 21:28, Romans 1:16; 2:9-10; 3:9; 10:12, 1 Corinthians 1:22; 1:24; 10:32; 12:13, Galatians 2:3; 3:28, Colossians 3:11; of proselytes, John 12:29, Acts 17:4.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
25 total
- John 7:35 (2×)Ἑλλήνων · Greeks; Ἕλληνας · GreeksAt this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
- John 12:20Ἕλληνές · GreeksNow there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- Acts 14:1Ἑλλήνων · GreeksAt Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
- Acts 16:1Ἕλληνος · a GreekPaul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
- Acts 16:3Ἕλλην · a GreekPaul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- Acts 17:4Ἑλλήνων · GreeksSome of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
- Acts 18:4Ἕλληνας · GreeksEvery Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
- Acts 19:10Ἕλληνας · GreeksThis continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:17Ἕλλησιν · GreeksThis became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
- Acts 20:21Ἕλλησιν · Greeks…testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 21:28Ἕλληνας · Greeks…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- Romans 1:14Ἕλλησίν · to GreeksI am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- Romans 1:16Ἕλληνι · to [the] GreekI am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
- Romans 2:9Ἕλληνος · for the GreekThere will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
- Romans 2:10Ἕλληνι · for the Greek…but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
- Romans 3:9Ἕλληνας · GreeksWhat then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Romans 10:12Ἕλληνος · GreekFor there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- 1 Corinthians 1:22Ἕλληνες · GreeksJews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
- 1 Corinthians 1:24Ἕλλησιν · Greeks…but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Ἕλλησιν · GreeksDo not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 1 Corinthians 12:13Ἕλληνες · GreeksFor in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- Galatians 2:3Ἕλλην · a GreekYet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
- Galatians 3:28Ἕλλην · GreekThere is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 3:11Ἕλλην · GreekHere there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.