E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Greeks
in the New Testament mean Hellenists, or naturalised Jews in foreign countries; those not naturalised were called Aramæan Jews in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine.
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“I will praise God that our family has ever remained Aramæan; not one among us has ever gone over to the Rellenists.”—Eldad the Pilgrim, chap. ii.
