What does Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs) mean in the Bible?
Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew".
Greek · G1675
Ἑλληνιστής
A Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew
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Ἑλληνιστής G1675
Pronunciation Hellēnistḗs
What does Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs) mean in the Bible?
Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1675?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Grecian [Jews among them] (1), Grecian Jews (1), Greeks (1).
Where does Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 6:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
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 Grecian [Jews among them] 1× Acts 6:1
Grecian Jews 1× Acts 9:29
Greeks 1× Acts 11:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 6:1
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
Ἑλληνιστάς 2x Hellēnistas Acts 9:29, Acts 11:20
Ἑλληνιστῶν 1x Hellēnistōn Acts 6:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 9:29, Acts 11:20
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 6:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew
Strong's G1675
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a Hellenist or Greek-speaking Jew
Extended definition
:--Grecian.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 6:1 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
Ἑλληνιστῶν ellhnistwn
a Hellenist, Grecian Jew
Read verse Acts 9:29 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
Ἑλληνιστάς· ellhnistav
a Hellenist, Grecian Jew
Read verse Acts 11:20 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
Ἑλληνιστάς, ellhnistav
a Hellenist, Grecian Jew
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 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 6:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 9:29 · Acts 11:20 2×
Word Origins
Ἑλληνιστής 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