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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΑΣ, ελληνιστας
ELLĒNISTAS, ellēnistas
Sounds Like: hel-lay-nis-TAS
Translations: Hellenists, the Hellenists
From the root: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to Greek-speaking Jews, particularly those who lived outside of Judea and adopted Greek customs and language. It is a compound word derived from 'Hellen' (Greek) and a suffix indicating a person who follows a certain practice or culture. It is used to distinguish them from Aramaic-speaking Jews.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1675 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 9:29
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 9:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΗΣ — Hellenist, a Hellenist, Greek-speaking Jew, a Greek-speaking Jew
- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΩΝ — of Hellenists, of Greek-speaking Jews
- ΗΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΑΙ — Hellenists, Greek-speaking Jews
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