The Definition of the word Greek

Greek

Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed "between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek" "by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as" "opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly" "one who speaks Greek, is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew" who dwelt in Palestine. "The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting "the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised" Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts "("Hellenes")."