Ἕλλην

John 7:35 Ἑλλήνων Ἕλληνας; Greeks, Greeks?

At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Here: This names the setting where the scattered Jews live: the Greek-speaking, non-Jewish world from Egypt and Syria to Asia Minor and Rome. It does not mean the people of Greece only.

John 12:20 Ἕλληνές Greeks

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Here: In Jewish usage this means non-Jews from the Greek-speaking world in general, not only people from Greece. They are Gentiles, not Greek-speaking Jews (who would be called Hellēnistai).

Acts 14:1 Ἑλλήνων Greeks

At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

Here: Non-Jews of Greek culture and language, not people from Greece. Since they are found in the synagogue, most likely Gentile sympathizers who attended Jewish worship (the 'God-fearers' of 13:16, 26).

Acts 16:1 Ἕλληνος· a Greek;

Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

Here: 'A Greek', meaning a non-Jew from the Greek-speaking world. He was not necessarily from Greece. Nothing says he was a believer or a God-fearer, and verse 3 shows he had not had his son circumcised.

Acts 16:3 Ἕλλην a Greek

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Here: Placed ahead of "his father" for emphasis. It means a non-Jew of Greek culture, and need not mean a man from Greece. A father like this would be expected to leave his son uncircumcised.

Acts 17:4 Ἑλλήνων Greeks

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

Here: 'Greeks' means non-Jews here, Gentiles of Greek language and culture, not only people born in Greece.

Acts 18:4 Ἕλληνας.¶ Greeks.

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

Here: Non-Jews who attended the synagogue, most likely the Gentile sympathizers Acts elsewhere calls 'God-fearers' or 'devout Greeks' (17:4). It means Gentiles in general, not people with Greek citizenship.

Acts 19:10 Ἕλληνας. Greeks.

This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Here: Greek-speaking non-Jews, the Gentile majority of the cities of Asia. Not people from Greece itself.

Acts 19:17 Ἕλλησιν to Greeks

This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

Here: In Luke's pairing with 'Jews', 'Greeks' means the non-Jewish, Greek-speaking population of the city in general, not only people of Greek descent.

Acts 20:21 Ἕλλησιν to Greeks

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here: "To Greeks". Set beside "Jews", this means non-Jews in general, the Greek-speaking Gentile population of Asia Minor, not people from Greece in particular.

Acts 21:28 Ἕλληνας Greeks

crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Here: "Greeks" means non-Jews in general, not only ethnic Greeks. The plural is an exaggeration. Verse 29 shows the whole charge rests on one man, Trophimus, and on a guess.

Romans 1:14 Ἕλλησίν To Greeks

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Here: People who spoke Greek and shared Greek culture, wherever they lived, not citizens of the country we call Greece. It comes first in the sentence, so the people come before the debt. Its extra accent (-sín) is only because the small word τε leans on it.

Romans 1:16 Ἕλληνι. to Greek.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Here: From a Jewish point of view, a non-Jew of the Greek-speaking world, standing for the nations as a whole. 'Jew and Greek' together means all humanity.

Romans 2:9 Ἕλληνος· of Greek;

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Here: When paired with 'Jew', 'Greek' stands for all non-Jews, the nations. It does not mean only ethnic Greeks.

Romans 2:10 Ἕλληνι· to Greek;

but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.

Here: 'To a Greek'. Paired with 'Jew', it stands for every non-Jew in the Greek-speaking world, effectively 'Gentile', not only ethnic Greeks.

Romans 3:9 Ἕλληνας Greeks

What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

Here: Not only people from Greece. For Paul it means non-Jews in general, especially the Greek-speaking world of the cities. Together with "Jews" it covers all of humanity.

Romans 10:12 Ἕλληνος· Greek;

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

Here: Not a citizen of Greece but a non-Jew from the Greek-speaking world. Paired with "Jew", it means "Gentile", standing for everyone outside Israel.

1 Corinthians 1:22 Ἕλληνες Greeks

Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

Here: Here it stands for non-Jews in general (verse 23 swaps in 'Gentiles'), seen through their most prestigious culture, the Greek-speaking world of philosophy and eloquent speech that Corinth belonged to.

1 Corinthians 1:24 Ἕλλησιν, to Greeks,

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Here: In Jewish speech, the Greek-speaking non-Jewish world in general. Here it stands for the 'Gentiles' of verse 23, so 'Jews and Greeks' means everyone.

1 Corinthians 10:32 Ἕλλησιν to Greeks

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

Here: 'To Greeks.' Set next to 'Jews', this means non-Jews in general, the Gentile population of a Roman colony, not just people who were Greek by birth. KJV's 'Gentiles' catches this.

1 Corinthians 12:13 Ἕλληνες Greeks

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Here: Set against "Jews", it means non-Jews in general, the Greek-speaking peoples of the Mediterranean. It is not limited to people born in Greece.

Galatians 2:3 Ἕλλην a Greek

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Here: A person of Greek language and culture, and from a Jewish point of view a non-Jew. This is the fact that made Titus a test case: he was outside the people of Israel by birth and had no Jewish parent that we know of.

Galatians 3:28 Ἕλλην, Greek,

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Here: Set against "Jew", this means any non-Jew, a Gentile, and not a person from Greece. The Galatian believers were Celts and Anatolians, yet they fall under this word.

Colossians 3:11 Ἕλλην Greek

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Here: In Jewish usage, as here alongside 'Jew', it means any non-Jew who shares the Greek-speaking culture of the Mediterranean, in practice a 'Gentile'. Unusually, it comes before 'Jew' here, perhaps because the readers are mostly Gentiles.