Ἑλληνίς
Hellēnis · Greek woman
Greek word · Strong’s number G1674 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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Hellēnis (Ἑλληνίς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Greek woman”.
A woman who was not Jewish.
How to say it
Hel·lē·nis
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
- A non-Jewish woman, of Hellenic culture.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 7:26
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth; and she was asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
- Acts 17:12
So many of them believed, and also of the Greek women of high standing and of men, not a few.