Thesaurus: hellenist

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1. n. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).
2. n. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
3. 1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1). 2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
4. Pertaining to the Hellenists. Hellenistic language, dialect, oridiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countrieswhere the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiomof the Septuagint.
5. n. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1). n. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.