Word study · Greek
Hellēnistēs
Greek-speaking Jew, Hellenist
Say it: hel-lay-nis-TACE (approximate)
Ἑλληνιστής
What it means
A Jew who spoke Greek and lived in a Greek-speaking culture, as opposed to the Hebrews who spoke Aramaic. The complaint in 6:1 is from the Hellenists. The word occurs only three times in the New Testament, all in Acts (6:1, 9:29, 11:20).
Range of meaning
- HellenistA Greek-speaking Jew.
In Acts
- Chapter 6
"A complaint from the Hellenist Jews against the Hebrews" (6:1).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G1675 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources