(Heb. in the plur. Beney' hay-Yevanim',
áְּðֵé çִéְּåָðִéí
sons of the lonians,Joe_3:6; in the Apocr.
῞Åëëçí
, 1Ma_6:2; 1Ma_8:9; 1Ma_8:18; 2Ma_4:15; 2Ma_13:2; in the N.T.
῾Åëëçíéóôήò
, a Hellenist, Act_6:1; Act_9:29; Act_11:20), the name of the people elsewhere called Greeks (q.v.).