Quick Definition
Ἕλλην, ηνος, ὁ n.m. a Hellene, a Greek
Strong's Definition
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew
Derivation: from G1671 (Ἑλλάς);
KJV Usage: Gentile, Greek
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, m. | -ηνος
11.90 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Ethnic-Cultural
civilized, Greek a person who participates in Greek culture and in so doing would speak the Greek language, but not necessarily a person of Greek ethnic background In ROM 1:14 it is possible that the contrast Ἕλλησίν τε καὶ βαρβάροις may be interpreted as ‘to the Greek-speaking persons and to those who do not speak Greek,’ but the entire context of ROM 1:14 points to a somewhat broader designation.
11.40 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Religious
Gentile, non-Jew, Greek (an extended meaning of Ἕλλην[a] ‘Greek,’ 11.90) a person who is a Gentile in view of being a Greek Though the occurrence of Ἕλλην in JHN 7:35 could be interpreted as merely a reference to Greeks, it is probably a reference to Greeks as being Gentiles, and therefore Ἕλλην[b] is classified here in the subdomain of socio-religious groups. The occurrence of Ἕλλην in ACT 14:1 (ὥστε πιστεῦσαι Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος ‘so that a large number of Jews and Gentiles believed’) is another instance of Ἕλλην referring primarily to a socio-religious group rather than merely to Greeks as a nation.
JHN 7:35 · JHN 7:35 · JHN 12:20 · ACT 14:1 · ACT 16:1 · ACT 16:3 · ACT 17:4 · ACT 18:4 · ACT 19:10 · ACT 19:17 · ACT 20:21 · ACT 21:28 · ROM 1:16 · ROM 2:9 · ROM 2:10 · ROM 3:9 · ROM 10:12 · 1CO 1:22 · 1CO 1:24 · 1CO 10:32 · 1CO 12:13 · GAL 2:3 · GAL 3:28 · COL 3:11
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἕλλην, -nvos, 6; 1. a Greek by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies: Acts xviii. 17 Rec.; “Ἑλληνές τε καὶ βάρβαροι, Ro. i. 14. 2. in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; so that where Ἕλληνες are opp. to Jews, the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship: Jn. vii. 35 (cf. Meyer ad loc.) ; Acts xi. 20 GLT Tr [ef. B.D. Am. ed. p- 967]; Acts xvi. 1, 3; [xxi. 28]; 1 Co. i. 22, 23 Rec.; Gal. ii. 3, (Joseph. antt. 20, 11, 2) ; Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ Ἑλληves, and the like: Acts xiv.1; xviii.4; xix.10,17; xx. PA Ot Gs) 19. 10 1.9); x. 12: 1 Co: 1524s xi325 xii. 13; Gal. iii. 28; Col. iii. 11. The word is used in the same wide sense by the Grk. church Fathers, ef. Otto on Tatian p. 2; [Soph. Lex. s. v.]. The Ἕλληνες spoken of in Jn. xii. 20 and Acts xvii. 4 are Jewish proselytes from the Gentiles; see προσήλυτος, 2. [ΟἿ B. Ὁ. 5. v. Greece ete. (esp. Am. ed.) ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἕλλην Hellēn 25x
a Greek, Acts 18:17; Rom. 1:14; one not a Jew, a Gentile, Acts 14:1; 16:1, 3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ
[in LXX: Jl 3:6, Za 9:13 (יָוָן), etc.; I Mac 1:10, al. * ;]
a Greek; opp. to βάρβαρος, Ro 1:14; usually in ΝΤ of Greek Gentiles, opp. to Ἰουδαῖοι: Jo 7:35, Ac 11:20 14:1 16:1, 3 18:4 19:10, 17 20:21 21:28, Ro 1:16 2:9, 10 3:9 10:12, I Co 1:22, 24 10:32 12:13, Ga 2:3 3:28, Col 3:11; of proselytes, Jo 12:20, Ac 17:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην (Hellēn) — Greek, Gentile. 1. Hellen , son of Deucalion, [8th/7th c.BC] 2. the Ἕλληνες of [8th/7th c.BC] are the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief (compare Ἑλλάς 1), [8th/7th c.BC] 3. later, Ἕλληνες was the regularly name for Greeks , opposite to βάρβαροι, [Refs 5th c.BC], etc. 4. later still, of Gentiles , Opp. to Jews, [Refs 1st c.AD] 5. as adjective = Ἑλληνικός, [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.:—;even with a fem. Substantive, [6th/5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC] (Middle Liddel)