Ἑλληνιστής

Ἑλληνιστής — Hellēnistḗs

Ἑλληνιστής, ἑλληνιστου, ὁ (from ἑλληνίζω to copy the manners and worship of the Greeks or to use the Greek language (Winers Grammar, 94 (89f), cf. 28)), a Hellenist, i. e. one who imitates the manners and customs or the worship of the Greeks, and uses the Greek tongue; employed in the N. T. of Jews born in foreign lands and speaking Greek (Grecian Jews): Act 11:20 R (WH; see in Ἕλλην, 2); Act 9:29; the name adhered to them even after they had embraced Christianity, Act 6:1, where it is opposed to οἱ Ἑβραῖοί, which see Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Hellenisten; Reuss in Herzog see p. 701ff; (BB. DD., under the word; Farrar, St. Paul, chapter vii.; Wetstein (1752) on Act 6:1).