Grecian
Grecian
(Heb. in the plur. Beney’ hay-Yevanim’, sons of the lonians, Joe 3:6; in the Apocr. , 1Ma 6:2; 1Ma 8:9; 1Ma 8:18; 2Ma 4:15; 2Ma 13:2; in the N.T. , a Hellenist, Act 6:1; Act 9:29; Act 11:20), the name of the people elsewhere called Greeks (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Grecian
Gre’cian. The term Grecian, or Hellenist, denotes a Jew by birth or religion who spoke Greek. It is used chiefly of foreign Jews and proselytes in contrast with the Hebrews speaking the vernacular Hebrew or Aramaean. — Bible Dictionary of Tract Society. See Greece.