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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Romans 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as opposed to a Jew (Romans 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly "one who speaks Greek," is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew who dwelt in Palestine.

The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts ("Hellenes").

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

2. (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

3. (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

4. (n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GREEK VERSIONS

See SEPTUAGINT; VERSIONS.

GREEK LANGUAGE

See LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Greek

1672. Hellen -- a Greek, usually a name for a Gentile
... a Greek, usually a name for a Gentile. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
Hellen Phonetic Spelling: (hel'-lane) Short Definition: a Hellene, a ...
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1676. Hellenisti -- in Greek
... in Greek. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: Hellenisti Phonetic Spelling:
(hel-lay-nis-tee') Short Definition: in the Greek language Definition: in the ...
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1674. Hellenis -- a Greek (ie Gentile) woman
... a Greek (ie Gentile) woman. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Hellenis
Phonetic Spelling: (hel-lay-nis') Short Definition: a female Greek ...
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1675. Hellenistes -- a Hellenist (Greek-speaking Jew)
... a Hellenist (Greek-speaking Jew). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
Hellenistes Phonetic Spelling: (hel-lay-nis-tace') Short Definition: a ...
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4771. su -- you (early mod. Eng. thou)
... See also se, soi, sou; and for the plural humas, humeis, humin, humon. see GREEK
sou. see GREEK se. see GREEK soi. see GREEK humas. see GREEK humeis. ...
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4452. #NAME? -- yet, even
... See medepo, mepo, oudepo, oupo, popote. see GREEK pos. see GREEK medepo. see GREEK
mepo. see GREEK oudepo. see GREEK oupo. see GREEK popote. 4451, 4452. #NAME ...
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686. ara -- therefore (an illative particle)
... Compare also ara. see GREEK airo. see GREEK ge. see GREEK oun. see GREEK ei. see
GREEK ara. (ara) -- 52 Occurrences. 685, 686. ara. 687 . Strong's Numbers.
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5180. tupto -- to strike, smite, beat
... see GREEK paio. see GREEK patasso. see GREEK plesso. see GREEK rhapizo. see GREEK
tugchano. (etupten) -- 1 Occurrence. (etupton) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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5104. toi -- an enclitic particle of asseveration used as a prefix ...
... see GREEK ho. see GREEK kaitoige. see GREEK mentoi. see GREEK toigaroun. see
GREEK toinun. 5103, 5104. toi. 5105 . Strong's Numbers.
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4486. rhegnumi -- to break apart, by ext. to throw down
... see GREEK katagnumi. see GREEK katagnumi. see GREEK thrauo. see GREEK luo. (errexen) --
1 Occurrence. (regnuntai) -- 1 Occurrence. (rexei) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3745. keraz -- to make proclamation
... make a proclamation. (Aramaic) probably of Greek origin; to proclaim -- make a
proclamation. 3744, 3745. keraz. 3746 . Strong's Numbers.
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5481. sumponeyah -- a bagpipe
... 3:10) (Aramaic) {see-fo-neh-yaw'}; of Greek origin; a bagpipe (with a double pipe) --
dulcimer. 5480b, 5481. sumponeyah or sumponeyah or siphoneya. 5482 . ...
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7030. qitharos -- a lyre, zither
... Word Origin (Aramaic) of foreign origin Definition a lyre, zither NASB Word Usage
lyre (4). harp. (Aramaic) of Greek origin; a lyre -- harp. 7029, 7030. ...
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Library

Hymns of the Greek Church
Hymns of the Greek Church. <. Hymns of the Greek Church John Brownlie. Table
of Contents. Title Page. SOME PRESS NOTICES. PREFATORY NOTE. ...
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An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Additional Notes
An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Additional Notes. <.
An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Additional ...
/.../swete/an introduction to the old testament in greek additional notes/

A Grammar of Septuagint Greek
A Grammar of Septuagint Greek. <. A Grammar of Septuagint Greek Frederick
Cornwallis Conybeare. Table of Contents. Title Page. Preface. Introduction. ...
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Translation from the Greek.
... Book III. Translation from the Greek. Chapter I.--- On the Freedom of the
Will, [2383] With an Explanation and Interpretation of ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/translation from the greek.htm

Translated from the Greek.
... Book IV. Translated from the Latin of Rufinus. Translated from the Greek.
Chapter I.--- On the Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/translated from the greek.htm

Greek Index
... GREEK INDEX. PAGE [1]en to thlibesthai me, eisakouson mou ton
odunon"(Antiphon), 71 [2]eis ta ore psuche arthomen·"(Antiphon ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the holy eastern church/greek index.htm

Greek or Russian Church.
... GREEK OR RUSSIAN CHURCH. The Greek church separated from the Latin or Romish church
about AD1054. ... The Greek or Russian church is very extensive. ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/greek or russian church.htm

Greek and Jew
... Chapter VIII GREEK AND JEW. ... Without a moment's hesitation, the Ephesian approached.
The spears of the four soldiers fell and formed a barrier around the Greek. ...
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The Greek of the Septuagint.
An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Additional Notes. ... THE GREEK OF THE
SEPTUAGINT. 1. No thorough treatment of the Greek idiom of the LXX. ...
/.../chapter iv the greek of.htm

Now the Perfection of Greek Poetry
... Now the perfection of Greek poetry. ... Besides the line which forms the initials of
Greek Canons, the name of the composer likewise finds a frequent place. ...
/.../neale/hymns of the eastern church/now the perfection of greek.htm

Thesaurus

Greek (19 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction
is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (qv). The ...
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Greek-speaking (2 Occurrences)
Greek-speaking. Greeks, Greek-speaking. Green . Multi-Version
Concordance Greek-speaking (2 Occurrences). Acts 6:1 About ...
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Barbarian (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A Greek word used in the New Testament (Romans
1:14) to denote one of another nation. In Colossians 3:11 ...
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Bathing (9 Occurrences)
... Certainly public baths as now known, or plunge-baths of the Greek type, were unknown
among the Hebrews until they were brought in contact with the Greek...
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Artemis (5 Occurrences)
... Diana is but the Latinized form of the Greek word Artemis, yet the Artemis of Ephesus
should not be confused with the Greek goddess of that name. ...
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Barbarous (1 Occurrence)
... ri-an, bar'-ba-rus (barbaros): A word probably formed by imitation of the
unintelligible sounds of foreign speech, and hence, in the mouth of a Greek it meant ...
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Bacchus
... His worship had extended over the whole Greek and Roman world centuries before the
Christian era, and had degenerated into an orgy of drunkenness and unnamable ...
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Antiochians
... He promised, on condition the king would permit him to build a Greek gymnasium at
Jerusalem, "to train up the youth of his race in the fashions of the heathen ...
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Armenian
... 3. (n.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines
and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic. Int. ...
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Concordance
... 4. Concordances to Latin Vulgate 5. Concordances to the Hebrew Old Testament 6.
Concordances to the Septuagint 7. Concordances to the Greek New Testament 8 ...
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Bible Concordance

Greek (19 Occurrences)

Mark 7:26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Luke 23:38 An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)

John 19:20 Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 6:1 About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.
(WEY BBE)

Acts 9:29 Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.
(BBE)

Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
(See NAS)

Acts 16:1 He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 17:12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 21:37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I speak to you?" He said, "Do you know Greek?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 2:9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 2:10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 16:15 And I beseech you, brethren--you know the household of Stephanas, how they were the earliest Greek converts to Christ, and have devoted themselves to the service of God's people--
(WEY)

Galatians 2:3 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 3:11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Related Terms

Greek-speaking (2 Occurrences)

Barbarian (2 Occurrences)

Bathing (9 Occurrences)

Artemis (5 Occurrences)

Barbarous (1 Occurrence)