Greek
Ἑλληνικός=ἙλληνικόςStrong’s G1673Hellēnikos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hellēnikos is the Greek word usually translated “greek”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
Meaning
Usually translated “greek”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in greek 1
- greek 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
Ἑλληνικός=Ἑλληνικός Hellēnikos · Greek
Ἑλληνικκός, -ή, -όν [in LXX: Jer.46:6 50:16 (יָנָה: aliter in Heb.), 2Ma.4:10 2Mac 4:15 2Mac 6:9 2Mac 11:24 2Mac 13:2, 4Ma.8:8 * ;] Greek: τ. Ἑλληνικῇ (sc. γλωσσῇ), Rev.9:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “greek” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GREEK, adjective
Pertaining to Greece. [See Gray.]
All definitions and other forms of “greek”
GREEK, noun
A native of Greece.
- The language of Greece.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.