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Ἕλλην
Héllēn · Greek · Strong's G1672 · 26 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Greek words as “greek”
What it means
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew
from G1671 (Ἑλλάς);
How the KJV renders it
gentile, greek
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“greek”
also renders Hellēnikós (G1673), Hellēnís (G1674), Hellēnistí (G1676)
“gentile”
also renders éthnos (G1484)
Answers that weigh this word
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Where it appears
26 occurrences in the Greek text, first 25 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:22 · N-NPM
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:24 · N-DPM
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
1 Corinthians 10:32 · N-DPM
Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
1 Corinthians 12:13 · N-NPM
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
Acts 11:20 · N-APM
But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 14:1 · N-GPM
In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
Acts 16:1 N-GSMActs 16:3 N-NSMActs 17:4 N-GPMActs 18:4 N-APMActs 19:10 N-APMActs 19:17 N-DPMActs 20:21 N-DPMActs 21:28 N-APMColossians 3:11 N-NSMGalatians 2:3 N-NSMGalatians 3:28 N-NSMJohn 7:35 N-APMJohn 12:20 N-NPMRomans 1:14 N-DPMRomans 1:16 N-DSMRomans 2:9 N-GSMRomans 2:10 N-DSMRomans 3:9 N-APMRomans 10:12 N-GSM
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