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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)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

26 occurrences in the Greek text, first 25 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:22 N-NPM1 Corinthians 1:24 N-DPM1 Corinthians 10:32 N-DPM1 Corinthians 12:13 N-NPMActs 11:20 N-APMActs 14:1 N-GPMActs 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

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.