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1673. Hellenikos -- Hellenic, ie Grecian (in language)
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Hellenikos Phonetic Spelling:
(hel-lay-nee-kos') Short Definition: Greek, the Greek language Definition: Greek, ...
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1676. Hellenisti -- in Greek
... in Greek. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: Hellenisti Phonetic Spelling:
(hel-lay-nis-tee') Short Definition: in the Greek language Definition: in the ...
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915. barbaros -- barbarous, barbarian
... uncivilized" person, cf. Ro 1:14). 915 () is specifically used for all (),
ie anyone not adopting the Greek language (culture); a non-. ...
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148. aischrologia -- abusive language
... language NASB Word Usage abusive speech (1). filthy communication, obscene speech.
From aischros and logos; vile conversation -- filthy communication. see GREEK ...
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1258. dialektos -- speech, language
... language, tongue. From dialegomai; a (mode of) discourse, ie "dialect" -- language,
tongue. see GREEK dialegomai. (dialekto) -- 6 Occurrences. << 1257, 1258. ...
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1444. Hebraikos -- Hebrew, the Jewish language.
... Word Origin from Eber Definition Hebrew, the Jewish language. Hebrew. From Eber;
Hebraic or the Jewish language -- Hebrew. see GREEK Eber. << 1443, 1444. ...
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2084. heteroglossos -- of another tongue
... er-og'-loce-sos) Short Definition: speaking another language Definition: speaking
another language; subst: one who speaks another language. ... see GREEK heteros. ...
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1446. Hebrais -- Hebrew, the Aramaic vernacular of Pal.
... NASB Word Usage Hebrew (3). Hebrew. From Eber; the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish
(Chaldee) language -- Hebrew. see GREEK Eber. (ebraidi) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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4515. Rhomaisti -- in Latin
... Latin. Adverb from a presumed derivative of Rhome; Romaistically, ie In the Latin
language -- Latin. see GREEK Rhome. (romaisti) -- 1 Occurrence. << 4514, 4515. ...
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5456. phone -- a voice, sound
... a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any
purpose), saying or language -- noise, sound, voice. see GREEK phaino. ...
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ATS Bible Dictionary

The Greek Language

Is the original language of all the books of the New Testament, except perhaps the gospel by Matthew; but the sacred authors have followed that style of writing which was used by the Hellenists, or Grecizing Hebrews, adopting many idioms and turns of speech from the Syriac and Hebrew languages, very different from the classical style of the Greek writers. They were also obliged to make use of some new words, and new applications of old words, to express religious ideas before unknown to the Greeks, and for which they had no proper expression. After Alexander the great, Greek became the language best known throughout the East, and was generally used in commerce. As the sacred authors had in view the conversion not only of the Jews, then scattered throughout the East, but of the Gentiles also, it was natural for them to write to them in Greek, that being a language to which all were of necessity accustomed.