BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G1671
Hellas — Greece
Ἑλλάς, -άδος, ἡ [in LXX: Isa.66:19, Eze.27:13 (יָוָן), 1Ma.1:1 1Mac 8:9 * ;] with varying usage as to geographical limits; in NT = 'Αχαία (cf. Act.18:12), Greece: Act.20:2.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3120
ya.van — Javan
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT. § Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah 2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2a) location of descendants of Javan
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G728
arrabōn — guarantee
ἀρραβών (T, ἀραβ-: 2Co, ll. with), -ώνος, ὁ, [in LXX: Gen.38:17-20 (עֲרָבוֹן)* ;] an earnest, part payment in advance for security, a first instalment: 2Co.1:22 5:5, Eph.1:14. (The word is found in cl. and was prob. brought to Greece by the Phænicians (AR, Eph., l.with). It is found in π. with both spellings (see Milligan, NTD, 73). In MGr. ἀρραβῶνα is an engagement ring; see MM, see word)† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G99
Adrias — Adriatic Sea
Ἁδρίας (T, Rec. Ἀδρίας), -ου, ὁ, the Adriatic sea, in later Greek usage extended to take in all the waters between Greece and Italy: Act.27:27.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9465
toxotēs — a bowman
1. a bowman, archer , (Iliad by Homer) 3. at Athens, οἱ τοξόται were the city-guard , also called Σκύθαι, because they were slaves bought from the parts north of Greece, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9472
trepō — to rout
1. to turn or direct towards a thing, (Homer), etc.; mostly followed by a preposition, τρ. τινὰ εἰς εὐνήν to shew him to bed, (Odyssey by Homer); τρ. πόλεις ἐς ὕβριν (Thucydides); τρ. κεφαλὴν πρὸς ἠέλιον (Odyssey by Homer) 2. Pass. to turn one's steps, turn in a certain direction , τραφθῆναι ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα to roam up and down Greece, (Odyssey by Homer); with accusative cognate, τρέπεσθαι ὁδόν to take a course, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. Pass. also to turn or betake oneself , εἰς ἀοιδήν (Odyssey by Homer); ἐπὶ ἔργα (Iliad by Homer); ἐφ᾽ ἁρπαγήν (Thucydides); πρὸς ληιστείαν (Thucydides) 4. Pass. and Mid., of places, to be turned or look in a certain direction, πρὸς ζόφον (Odyssey by Homer); πρὸς ἄρκτον, πρὸς νότον (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 5. to turn , i. e. turn about , τρέπειν ἵππους (Iliad by Homer); τὰ καλὰ τρ. ἔζω to turn the best side outmost, (Pindar):—;Pass., αἰχμὴ τράπετο the point bent back , (Iliad by Homer); of the solstice, ἐπειδὰν ἐν χειμῶνι τράπηται ἥλιος (see. τροπή I) (Xenophon Historicus) 6. τρ. τὴν αἰτίαν, τὴν ὀργὴν εἴς τινα to divert the blame, the anger upon another, (Isaeus Orator):—;Pass., in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτο ἐμοί on my head be it! (Aristophanes Comicus) 7. to turn another way, to alter, change , νόον, φρένας (Homer), etc.; ἐς γέλων τρ. τὸ πρᾶγμα (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass. to be changed, change , (Homer), etc.; with accusative cognate, τρεπόμενος τροπάς undergoing changes, (Aeschines Orator) 8. to turn or put to flight, rout, defeat , (Iliad by Homer), etc.; τρ. φύγαδε, Lat. convertere in fugam, (Iliad by Homer); τρ. ἐς φυγήν (Euripides);—;so, in aor1 middle, to put an enemy to flight , (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass. to be put to flight, turn and flee , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; so in Mid., ἐς φυγὴν τραπέσθαι (Herdotus Historicus):—;also intransitive in Act., φύγαδ᾽ ἔτραπε (Iliad by Homer) 9. to turn away, keep off, hinder , τρ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τείχεος (Iliad by Homer); βέλος ἔτραπεν ἄλληι (Iliad by Homer) 10. to overturn , like ἀνατρέπω, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 11. to turn, apply , τρ. τι ἐς ἄλλο τι (Herdotus Historicus); ποῦ τέτροφας τὰς ἐμβάδα; what have you made of your shoes? (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ποῖ τρέπεται τὰ χρήματ; (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3125
ye.va.ni — Greek
Someone from Greece, founded by Java who was a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT. Group of ya.van (יָוָן "Javan" H3120) Grecian, Ionian
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831. Moses makes mention of Greece under the name of Javan (Gen. 10:2-5); and this name does not again occur in the Old Testament till the time of Joel (3:6). Then the Greeks and Hebrews first came into contact in the Tyrian slave-market. Prophetic notice is taken of Greece in Dan. 8:21. The cities of Greece were the special scenes of the labours of the apostle Paul.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
