ΕΛΛ, ελλ
ELL, ell
Sounds Like: EL-leen
Translations: Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
From the root: ΕΛΛΗΝ
Part of Speech: Abbreviation, Proper Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word is an abbreviation, most likely for ΕΛΛΗΝ (Hellen), meaning 'Greek' or 'Gentile'. In ancient texts, abbreviations were common due to the laborious nature of writing. It refers to a person of Greek origin or culture, or more broadly, to a non-Jew (a Gentile). It can function as a noun (a Greek person) or an adjective (Greek in nature).
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative (likely, as an abbreviation of the nominative form)
Strong’s number: G1672 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΛΗΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΙΗΝ — Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
- ΕΛΛΗΝ — Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
- ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ — Greeks, a Greek, a Gentile
- ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ — Greeks, a Greek
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙ — to a Greek, to a Gentile, to a Hellene, to a heathen, to a Greek-speaking person, to a Greek-speaking Jew
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΑΝΩΝ — of Greeks, of Hellenists, of Gentiles
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ — Greek, Hellenic
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ — of a Greek, of the Greek, of a Gentile, of the Gentile
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΙ — in Greek, in the Greek language, Greek-speaking
- ΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ — of a Greek, of a Gentile, of a Hellene
- ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ — of the Greeks, Greeks
- ΕΛΛΗΣ — Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
- ΕΛΛΗΣΙ — (to) Greeks, (to) Gentiles, (to) Heathens
- ΕΛΛΗΣΙΝ — to Greeks, for Greeks, by Greeks
- ΕΛΛ‾Η‾ — Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
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