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Strong's G1672 Ἕλλην (hellen)

Hellen means “Greek” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1672 — daag (“sorrow”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1672
Language Greek
Linked Usages 39
Books 14

Strong's G1672 Quick Answer

Strong's G1672 Ἕλλην (Hellen) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Hellen (hel'-layn) n/g. 1. a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas 2. (by extension) a Greek-speaking person It has 39 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include greeks, greek, and gentile. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Hellen (hel'-layn) n/g. 1. a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas 2. (by extension) a Greek-speaking person
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
greeks, greek, and gentile

Meaning and Definition

Hellen (hel'-layn) n/g. 1. a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas 2. (by extension) a Greek-speaking person 3. (especially) a non-Jew, i.e. a Gentile [from G1671] KJV: Gentile, Greek Root(s): G1671

Original Word
Ἕλλην
Transliteration
Hellen
Derivation
Root: Ἑλλάς R1: 1671
Morphology
Name/g.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1672. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

Greek, Gentile

Usage: Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ [in LXX: Jol.3:6, Zec.9:13 (יָוָן), etc.; 1Ma.1:19, al. * ;] a Greek; opposite to βάρβαρος, Rom.1:14; usually in ΝΤ of Greek Gentiles, opposite to Ἰουδαῖοι: Jhn.7:35, Act.11:29 14:1 16:1, 3 18:4 19:19, 17 20:21 21:28 Rom.1:16 2:9-10 3:9 10:12, 1Co.1:22 1:24 10:32 12:13, Gal.2:3 3:28, Col.3:11; of proselytes, Jhn.12:29, Act.17:4.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1672 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Hellen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Greeks John 12:20 13× Greek Acts 16:1 Gentile Romans 2:9

How Strong's G1672 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1672 (Ἕλλην) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1672 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1672 in the New Testament

26 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 7:35 KJV

Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

John 12:20 KJV

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

Acts 14:1 KJV

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Strong's G1672 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Isaiah 9:11 Septuagint / Brenton

even Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is exalted.

Daniel 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

The he-goat is the king of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.

Daniel 10:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, Knowest thou, wherefore I am come to thee? and now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came.

Strong's G1672 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 1:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

1 Maccabees 6:2 Septuagint / Brenton

and that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there:

1 Maccabees 8:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1672.

Isaiah 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is exalted.
Daniel 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The he-goat is the king of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.
Daniel 10:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Knowest thou, wherefore I am come to thee? and now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came.
Daniel 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
Joel 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks, that ye might expel them from their coasts.
Zechariah 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have bent thee, O Judah, for myself as a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Zion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.
John 7:35 New Testament, KJV
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
John 12:20 New Testament, KJV
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Acts 14:1 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
Acts 16:1 New Testament, KJV
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
Acts 16:3 New Testament, KJV
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Acts 17:4 New Testament, KJV
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Acts 18:4 New Testament, KJV
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Acts 18:17 New Testament, KJV
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Acts 19:10 New Testament, KJV
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Acts 19:17 New Testament, KJV
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Acts 20:21 New Testament, KJV
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 21:28 New Testament, KJV
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
Romans 1:14 New Testament, KJV
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans 1:16 New Testament, KJV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 2:9 New Testament, KJV
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Romans 2:10 New Testament, KJV
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Romans 3:9 New Testament, KJV
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Romans 10:12 New Testament, KJV
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
1 Corinthians 1:22 New Testament, KJV
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians 1:23 New Testament, KJV
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1 Corinthians 1:24 New Testament, KJV
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 10:32 New Testament, KJV
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1 Corinthians 12:13 New Testament, KJV
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Galatians 2:3 New Testament, KJV
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians 3:28 New Testament, KJV
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
1 Maccabees 1:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
1 Maccabees 6:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there:
1 Maccabees 8:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
2 Maccabees 4:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the king was come again from the places about Cilicia, the Jews that were in the city, and certain of the Greeks that abhorred the fact also, complained because Onias was slain without cause.
2 Maccabees 11:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking to make the city a habitation of the Gentiles,
3 Maccabees 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nor was this unexpected uproar and sudden conflux of people unobserved by the Greeks who lived in the city, concerning men who had never harmed them: yet to aid them was not in their power, since all was oppression around; but they encouraged the Jews by sympathizing with them in their troubles, and expected a favorable turn of affairs:
4 Maccabees 18:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapult, and to all his torments!

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1672, grouped by book.

Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 10 usages, New Testament
Romans 6 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 5 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1672 FAQ

What does hellen (Ἕλλην) mean?

Hellen (Strong's G1672) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Greek". Hellen (hel'-layn) n/g. 1. a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas 2. (by extension) a Greek-speaking person

How many times is hellen (Ἕλλην) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G1672 across 14 books.

Where can I study hellen (Ἕλλην) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1672 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hellen (Ἕλλην)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as greeks, greek, and gentile. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1672 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1672, with linked reader references where each row is available.