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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70161" /> ==
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70161" /> ==
<p> '''Greeks,''' [[Grecians]] . The "Greeks" were those [[Greeks]] by race, &nbsp;Acts 16:1; &nbsp;Acts 16:3; &nbsp;Acts 18:17 [[A.]] [[V.,]] but the [[R.]] [[V.]] omits "the Greeks" and reads "they all;" or else [[Gentiles]] as opposed to Jews, &nbsp;Romans 2:9-10, "Gentile" [[A.]] [[V.,]] but the margin of the [[A.]] [[V.]] and the text of the [[R.]] [[V.]] read "Greek." But [[Grecians]] were foreign [[Jews]] as distinct from those in Palestine, who were called "Hebrews." &nbsp;Acts 11:20. The Greeks and Hebrews first met when the Tyrians sold the Jews to the Greeks. &nbsp;Joel 3:6. "Prophetical notice of [[Greece]] occurs in &nbsp;Daniel 8:21, etc., where the history of [[Alexander]] and his successors is rapidly sketched. &nbsp;Zechariah 9:13 foretells the triumphs of the [[Maccabees]] over the Græco-Syrian empire, while Isaiah looks forward to the conversion of the Greeks, amongst other Gentiles, through the instrumentality of [[Jewish]] missionaries. &nbsp;Isaiah 66:19." </p>
<p> '''Greeks,''' [[Grecians]] . The "Greeks" were those [[Greeks]] by race, &nbsp;Acts 16:1; &nbsp;Acts 16:3; &nbsp;Acts 18:17 A. V., but the R. V. omits "the Greeks" and reads "they all;" or else [[Gentiles]] as opposed to Jews, &nbsp;Romans 2:9-10, "Gentile" A. V., but the margin of the A. V. and the text of the R. V. read "Greek." But Grecians were foreign [[Jews]] as distinct from those in Palestine, who were called "Hebrews." &nbsp;Acts 11:20. The Greeks and Hebrews first met when the Tyrians sold the Jews to the Greeks. &nbsp;Joel 3:6. "Prophetical notice of [[Greece]] occurs in &nbsp;Daniel 8:21, etc., where the history of [[Alexander]] and his successors is rapidly sketched. &nbsp;Zechariah 9:13 foretells the triumphs of the [[Maccabees]] over the Græco-Syrian empire, while Isaiah looks forward to the conversion of the Greeks, amongst other Gentiles, through the instrumentality of [[Jewish]] missionaries. &nbsp;Isaiah 66:19." </p>
          
          
== Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology <ref name="term_17890" /> ==
== Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology <ref name="term_17890" /> ==
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35558" /> ==
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35558" /> ==
<p> (See [[Grecians.)]] </p>
<p> (See [[Grecians]] .) </p>
          
          
==References ==
==References ==

Latest revision as of 10:04, 13 October 2021

People's Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Greeks, Grecians . The "Greeks" were those Greeks by race,  Acts 16:1;  Acts 16:3;  Acts 18:17 A. V., but the R. V. omits "the Greeks" and reads "they all;" or else Gentiles as opposed to Jews,  Romans 2:9-10, "Gentile" A. V., but the margin of the A. V. and the text of the R. V. read "Greek." But Grecians were foreign Jews as distinct from those in Palestine, who were called "Hebrews."  Acts 11:20. The Greeks and Hebrews first met when the Tyrians sold the Jews to the Greeks.  Joel 3:6. "Prophetical notice of Greece occurs in  Daniel 8:21, etc., where the history of Alexander and his successors is rapidly sketched.  Zechariah 9:13 foretells the triumphs of the Maccabees over the Græco-Syrian empire, while Isaiah looks forward to the conversion of the Greeks, amongst other Gentiles, through the instrumentality of Jewish missionaries.  Isaiah 66:19."

Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology [2]

See The Nations

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]

(See Grecians .)

References