Greek
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks;
             "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe" [syn: Grecian, Hellenic]
       n 1: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
            [syn: Hellenic, Hellenic language]
       2: a native or inhabitant of Greece [syn: Hellene]
  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").