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Lexicon :: Strong's G1672 - hellēn

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Ἕλλην
Transliteration
hellēn (Key)
Pronunciation
hel'-lane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 2:504,227

Strong’s Definitions

Ἕλλην Héllēn, hel'-lane; from G1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew:—Gentile, Greek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G1672 in the following manner: Greek (20x), Gentile (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G1672 in the following manner: Greek (20x), Gentile (7x).

  1. a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies

  2. in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἕλλην Héllēn, hel'-lane; from G1671; a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew:—Gentile, Greek.
STRONGS G1672:
Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ;
1. a Greek by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies: Acts 18:17 Rec.; Ἕλληνές τε καὶ βάρβαροι, Romans 1:14.
2. in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; so that where Ἕλληνες are opposed to Jews, the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship: John 7:35 (cf. Meyer at the passage); Acts 11:20 G L T Tr [cf. B. D. American edition, p. 967]; Acts 16:1, 3; [Acts 21:28]; 1 Corinthians 1:22, 23 Rec.; Galatians 2:3 (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 11, 2); Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ Ἕλληνες, and the like: Acts 14:1; Acts 18:4; Acts 19:10, 17; Acts 20:21; Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9, 10; Romans 3:9; Romans 10:12; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11. The word is used in the same wide sense by the Greek church Fathers, cf. Otto on Tatian, p. 2; [Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word]. The Ἕλληνες spoken of in John 12:20 and Acts 17:4 are Jewish proselytes from the Gentiles; see προσήλυτος, 2. [Cf. B. D. under the word Greece etc. (especially American edition).]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
7:35; 12:20
Acts
11:20; 14:1; 16:1; 16:3; 17:4; 18:4; 18:17; 19:10; 19:17; 20:21; 21:28
Romans
1:14; 1:16; 2:9; 2:10; 3:9; 10:12
1 Corinthians
1:22; 1:23; 1:24; 10:32; 12:13
Galatians
2:3; 3:28
Colossians
3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1672 matches the Greek Ἕλλην (hellēn),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:20 - Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1 - At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:1 - Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3 - Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:4 - Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4 - Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:10 - This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:17 - When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:21 - I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14 - I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:9 - What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12 - For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 - Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:24 - but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:32 - Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For we were all baptized by[fn] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:3 - Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
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