Héllēn — G1672

Definition

masculine noun

a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew

1. a Greek 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

Usually translated as

Greek, Gentile

Origin

from G1671

• Hellás (G1671)

Occurrences

Héllēn occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: John (2), Acts (10), Romans (6), 1 Corinthians (5), Galatians (2), Colossians (1)

• John 7:35 — Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles (Ἑλλήνων), and teach the Gentiles?
• John 7:35 — Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles (Ἕλληνας)?
• John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks (Ἕλληνες) among them that came up to worship at the feast:
• Acts 14:1 — And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks (Ἑλλήνων) believed.
• Acts 16:1 — Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek (Ἕλληνος):
• Acts 16:3 — Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek (Ἕλλην).
• Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks (Ἑλλήνων) a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
• Acts 18:4 — And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks (Ἕλληνας).
• Acts 18:17 — Then all the Greeks (Ἕλληνες) took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
• Acts 19:10 — And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks (Ἕλληνας).
• Acts 19:17 — And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks (Ἕλλησιν) also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks (Ἕλλησιν), repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 21:28 — Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks (Ἕλληνας) also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
• Romans 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks (Ἕλλησιν), and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Ἕλληνι).
• Romans 2:9 — Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile (Ἕλληνος);
• Romans 2:10 — But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile (Ἕλληνι):
• Romans 3:9 — What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles (Ἕλληνας), that they are all under sin;
• Romans 10:12 — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (Ἕλληνος): for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• 1 Corinthians 1:22 — For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks (Ἕλληνες) seek after wisdom:
• 1 Corinthians 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks (Ἕλλησιν) foolishness;
• 1 Corinthians 1:24 — But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks (Ἕλλησιν), Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles (Ἕλλησιν), nor to the church of God:
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles (Ἕλληνες), whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
• Galatians 2:3 — But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek (Ἕλλην), was compelled to be circumcised:
• Galatians 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek (Ἕλλην), there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek (Ἕλλην) nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.