{"def":{"short":"a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew","long":["a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies","in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship"]},"deriv":"from G1671","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈhɛl.len","ipa_mod":"ˈe̞l.le̞n","sbl":"hellēn","dic":"HEL-lane","dic_mod":"ALE-lane"},"see":["G1671"]}