Ἑλληνιστί
Hellenistically, i.e. in the Grecian language
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What does Ἑλληνιστί (Hellēnistí) mean in the Bible?
Ἑλληνιστί (Hellēnistí) is a Greek word meaning "Hellenistically, i.e. in the Grecian language". :--Greek. Highlights Paul’s cultural and linguistic fluency.
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Meaning
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Why This Word Matters
Highlights Paul’s cultural and linguistic fluency. Acts 21:37-40
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Biblical Occurrences
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New Testament Witnesses
Appears In
Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
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