Ἑλληνιστής,
-οῦ,
ὁ, (from
ἑλληνίζω to copy the manners and worship of the Greeks or to use the Greek language [Winers Grammar, 94 (89f), cf. 28]),
a Hellenist, i. e. one who imitates the manners and customs or the worship of the Greeks, and uses the Greek tongue; employed in the N. T. of Jews born in foreign lands and speaking Greek [Grecian Jews]: Acts 11:20 R [WH; see in Ἕλλην, 2]; Acts 9:29; the name adhered to them even after they had embraced Christianity, Acts 6:1, where it is opposed to οἱ Ἑβραῖοί, which see Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Hellenisten; Reuss in Herzog see p. 701ff; [BB. DD., under the word Hellinist; Farrar, St. Paul, chapter 7; Wetstein on Acts 6:1].
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Acts
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6:1; 6:1; 9:29; 11:20
