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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Hellenist | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hellenist \Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. Hell[82]niste.] 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. | |
