What does "Greek" mean in the Bible?
Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between “Greek” and “Grecian” (q.v.). Greek appears in 8 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Greek?
Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between “Greek” and “Grecian” (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly “one who speaks Greek,” is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew who dwelt in Palestine. The word “Grecians” in Acts 11:20 should be “Greeks,” denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts (“Hellenes”).
Definition text: Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Greek?
Greek · G1672
Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην
Hellēn
Greek, Gentile
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Greek appear in the Bible?
Greek is referenced in 8 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 16:3
- Colossians 3:11
- Galatians 2:3
- Galatians 3:28
- Romans 1:16
- Romans 2:9
- Romans 2:10
- Romans 10:12
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Greek.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Greek?
Greek appears in 8 verses across 4 books, most often in Romans, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Greek?
Romans, Galatians, Acts, Colossians.
Where can I read every verse about Greek?
This page lists 8 of them. Protos carries all 8, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
