Forms of the word
Dictionary
Ἑλληνίς, ίδος, ἡ
Greek transliteration
Hellēnis
Simplified transliteration
Hellenis
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-5a
Gloss
Greek, Gentile, a class of person distinguished from the Jewish race and nation (not necessarily Greek)
Definition
a female Greek, Mk. 7:26; Acts 17:12*
Greek-English Concordance for Ἑλληνίς
| Mark 7:26 |
The woman was a Greek (Hellēnis | Ἑλληνίς | nom sg fem), a Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Jesus to drive out the demon from her daughter. |
| Acts 17:12 |
So many of them believed, with not a few prominent Greek (Hellēnidōn | Ἑλληνίδων | gen pl fem) women and men. |