Hellēn · Greek

What it means

Hellēn (Ἕλλην) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Greek”.

In the New Testament, often anyone who is not a Jew.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A Greek, by nation or culture.
2. Someone who is not a Jew.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Greeks ×16
• Greek ×9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×3
• Acts×9
• Romans×6
• 1 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×2
• Colossians×1

• John 7:35

  So the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Is he about to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

• John 12:20

  Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

• Acts 14:1

  Now it happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

• Acts 16:1

  And he arrived also at Derbe and at Lystra. And look, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but of a Greek father.

• Acts 16:3

  Paul wanted this man to go out with him, and taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

• Acts 17:4

  And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and so did a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.

• Acts 18:4

  And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

• Acts 19:10

  And this went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

• Acts 19:17

  And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

• Acts 20:21

  testifying to both Jews and Greeks of the change of mind toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

• Acts 21:28

  crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place; and moreover he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

• Romans 1:14

  I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

• Romans 1:16

  For I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

• Romans 2:9

  There will be affliction and distress upon every soul of a human being who does evil, of both the Jew first and the Greek;

• Romans 2:10

  but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to both the Jew first and the Greek.

• Romans 3:9

  What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

• Romans 10:12

  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, rich toward all who call on him.

• 1 Corinthians 1:22

  For Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

• 1 Corinthians 1:24

  but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

• 1 Corinthians 10:32

  Do not become a cause of stumbling, either to Jews or to Greeks or to the assembly of God,

• 1 Corinthians 12:13

  For indeed in one Spirit we all were immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and all were given one Spirit to drink.

• Galatians 2:3

  But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

• Galatians 3:28

  There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is no male and female; for you are all one in the Messiah Jesus.

• Colossians 3:11

  where there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but the Messiah is all and in all.

And 1 more times.