What is the meaning of Hellenist?

  • (n.) One who affiliates with Greeks or imitates Greek manners; especially, 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.
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