Strongs Number: G1672
- Greek Word
- Ἕλλην
- Transliteration
- Hellēn
- Phonetic
- hel'-lane
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek speaking person especially a non-Jew
- Thayers Definition
-
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
- Origin
- From G1671
- Bible Usage
- Gentile Greek.