What does Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís) mean in the Bible?
e. non-Jewish) woman".
Greek · G1674
Ἑλληνίς
A Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman
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Ἑλληνίς G1674
Pronunciation Hellēnís
What does Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís) mean in the Bible?
Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís) is a Greek word meaning "a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1674?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a Greek (1), Greek (1).
Where does Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a Greek 1× Mark 7:26
Greek 1× Acts 17:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 7:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Acts 1
Source forms
Ἑλληνίδων 1x Hellēnidōn Acts 17:12
Ἑλληνίς 1x Hellēnis Mark 7:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Acts 17:12
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 7:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman
Strong's G1674
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman
Extended definition
:--Greek.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:26 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Ἑλληνίς, ellhniv
a female Greek
Read verse Acts 17:12 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
Ἑλληνίδων ellhnidwn
a female Greek
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 7:26 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 17:12 1×
Word Origins
Ἑλληνίς is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain