ΕΛΛΗΣ, ελλης
ELLĒS, ellēs
Sounds Like: HEL-lays
Translations: Greek, a Greek, Gentile, a Gentile
From the root: ΕΛΛΗΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a Greek person, a Hellene, or more broadly, a Gentile (non-Jew). In the New Testament, it often contrasts with 'Jew' to denote anyone not of Jewish descent or culture. It can also refer to someone who speaks the Greek language or adheres to Greek customs.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1672 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
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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
- ΕΛΛ — 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
- 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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