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Webster 1913 Edition
Hellenist
Hel′len-ist
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
Helléniste
.] 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
). Webster 1828 Edition
Hellenist
HEL'LENIST
,Noun.
1.
One skilled in the Greek language.