G1671 G1671
Greece, Hellas; the Greek-speaking regions of the Mediterranean, particularly the Greek mainland
This noun refers to Greece or Hellas, originally the name of a region in Thessaly but eventually applied to the entire Greek mainland and, broadly, to Greek-speaking lands. In Acts 20:2, Paul travels through Macedonia and comes to "Greece" (likely Achaia, the Roman province). The term evokes the classical world, the cultural and linguistic sphere Paul navigated in his missionary journeys. His time in Greece included significant ministry in Corinth and Athens.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Greece or Hellas, referring to the Greek mainland and broader Hellenic world. In Acts 20:2, Paul's travels take him to Greece, where he spends three months—likely in Corinth. The region represents the intellectual and cultural heart of the Mediterranean, where Paul engaged both Jews and Greeks with the gospel, debating philosophers in Athens and establishing churches amid the vibrant, morally complex cities of the Roman East. 1×
AR["الْيُونَانِ"]·ben["গ্রীসে"]·DE["Ἑλλάδα"]·EN["Hellas"]·FR["Grèce"]·heb["הֶלָּאס"]·HI["यूनान"]·ID["Yunani"]·IT["Grecia"]·jav["Grikenland."]·KO["헬라로"]·PT["Grécia."]·RU["Элладу."]·ES["Grecia"]·SW["Ugiriki"]·TR["Hellas'a"]·urd["یونان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
1. Hellas , a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, 8th/7th c.BC 2. that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt , also called Phthiotis, 8th/7th c.BC 3. Northern Greece , as opposite to Peloponnesus, 8th/7th c.BC 4. later, the name for Greece , from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, 8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC, etc. 5. as adjective with a fem. Substantive Hellenic, Greek , Refs 5th c.BC, etc. (Middle Liddel)