ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδος, ἡ, Greece i. e. Greece proper, as opposed to Macedonia, equivalent to Ἀχαΐα (which see) in the time of the Romans: Act_20:2 (cf. Wetstein at the passage; Meyer on Act_18:12).

Ἑλλάς Hellas, Greece; in NT the southern portion of Greece as distinguished from Macedonia, Act_20:2

Ἑλλάς , -άδος , ἡ , [in LXX : Isa_66:19 , Eze_27:13 ( H3120 ), 1Ma_1:1 ; 1Ma_8:9 * ;] with varying usage as to geographical limits; in NT = ᾽Αχαία ( cf. Act_18:12 ), Greece: Act_20:2 .†

Ἑλλάς [page 204] A Delphic inscr., Syll 383 (A.D. 125 9), is inscribed to Hadrian σωτῆρι , ῥυσαμένῳ καὶ θρέψαντι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ Ἑλλάδα , the saviour who rescued and nurtured his own Hellas.

Ἑλλάς "Hellas", a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, Il. "that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt", also called Phthiotis, Hom. "Northern Greece", as opp. to Peloponnesus, Od. later, the name for "Greece", from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, Hes. , Hdt. , etc. as adj. with a fem. Subst. "Hellenic, Greek", id=Hdt. , etc.

Ἑλλάς, -άδος, ἡ [in LXX: Isa.66:19, Eze.27:13 (יָוָן), 1Ma.1:1 1Mac 8:9 * ;] with varying usage as to geographical limits; in NT = 'Αχαία (cf. Act.18:12), Greece: Act.20:2.† (AS)