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Ἕλλην

MainId: 001687000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1672

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001687001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun-name, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: Ἕλλην

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ηνος

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001687001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 11.90

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

      LEXSubDomains: Ethnic-Cultural

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-19 10:11:23

         DefinitionShort: a person who participates in Greek culture and in so doing would speak the Greek language, but not necessarily a person of Greek ethnic background

         Glosses: ['civilized', 'Greek']

         Comments: In {S:04500101400002} it is possible that the contrast Ἕλλησίν τε καὶ βαρβάροις may be interpreted as ‘to the Greek-speaking persons and to those who do not speak Greek,’ but the entire context of {S:04500101400002} points to a somewhat broader designation.

      LEXReferences: ROM 1:14, 1COR 1:22, 1COR 1:24

   2. LEXID: 001687001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 11.40

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

      LEXSubDomains: Socio-Religious

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-19 10:11:23

         DefinitionShort: (an extended meaning of {L:Ἕλλην}[a] ‘Greek,’ {D:11.90}) a person who is a Gentile in view of being a Greek

         Glosses: ['Gentile', 'non-Jew', 'Greek']

         Comments: Though the occurrence of Ἕλλην in {S:04300703500054} could be interpreted as merely a reference to Greeks, it is probably a reference to Greeks as being Gentiles, and therefore Ἕλλην[b] is classified here in the subdomain of socio-religious groups. The occurrence of Ἕλλην in {S:04401400100046} (ὥστε πιστεῦσαι Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος ‘so that a large number of Jews and Gentiles believed’) is another instance of Ἕλλην referring primarily to a socio-religious group rather than merely to Greeks as a nation.

      LEXReferences: YHN 7:35, YHN 7:35, YHN 12:20, ACTs 14:1, ACTs 16:1, ACTs 16:3, ACTs 17:4, ACTs 18:4, ACTs 19:10, ACTs 19:17, ACTs 20:21, ACTs 21:28, ROM 1:16, ROM 2:9, ROM 2:10, ROM 3:9, ROM 10:12, 1COR 1:22, 1COR 1:24, 1COR 10:32, 1COR 12:13, GAL 2:3, GAL 3:28, COL 3:11