Ἑλληνιστής, ἑλληνιστου, 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): Act_11:20 R (WH; see in Ἕλλην, 2); Act_9:29; the name adhered to them even after they had embraced Christianity, Act_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 ; Farrar, St. Paul, chapter vii.; Wetstein (1752) on Act_6:1).

Ἑλληνιστής Hellēnistēs 3x pr. one who uses the language and follows the customs of the Greeks; in NT a Jew by blood, but a native of a Greek-speaking country, Hellenist, Act_6:1 ; Act_9:29 ; Act_11:20

*† Ἑλληνιστής , -οῦ , ὁ ( < Ἑλληνίζω , to Hellenize, affect Greek cus\-toms ), a Hellenist ( RV , Grecian Jew ): Act_6:1 ; Act_9:29 ; Act_11:20 .†

Ἑλληνιστής Ἑλληνιστής, οῦ, [Etym: Ἑλληνίζω] "one who uses the Greek language;" i. e., in NTest. , "a Hellenist, a Greek-Jew."

Ἑλληνιστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ἑλληνίζω, to Hellenize, affect Greek cus­toms), a Hellenist (RV, Grecian Jew): Act.6:1 9:29 11:20.† (AS)