Topic
Greece
26 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:2–5Easton
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the…
- Daniel 8:21Easton
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 10:20Nave Prophecies concerning
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
- Zechariah 9:13Nave Prophecies concerning
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- Mark 7:26Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
- John 7:35Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
- John 12:20–23Nave Inhabitants of — Desire to see Jesus
¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and…
- Acts 6:9–14Nave Inhabitants of — Persecute the early Christians
¶ Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which…
- Acts 9:29Nave Inhabitants of — Persecute the early Christians
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
- Acts 16:1Nave Inhabitants of — Marry among the Jews
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- Acts 17:2–4Nave Inhabitants of — Accept the Messiah
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is…
- Acts 17:12Nave Inhabitants of — Accept the Messiah
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
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- Acts 17:28 Nave Poets of
- Acts 17:34 Nave Inhabitants of — Accept the Messiah
- Acts 18:17 Nave Inhabitants of — Persecute the early Christians
- Acts 19:9 Nave Schools of philosophy in Athens
- Acts 20:2 Easton
- Romans 2:10 Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
- Romans 3:9 Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
- Romans 10:12 Nave Gentiles called “Greeks,”
- 1 Corinthians 1:22 Nave Philosophy of
- 1 Corinthians 1:23 Nave Philosophy of
- 1 Corinthians 10:32 Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 Nave Inhabitants of — Called “Gentiles” (non-Jews)
- Galatians 3:28 Nave Gentiles called “Greeks,”
- Colossians 3:11 Nave Gentiles called “Greeks,”
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831.
Moses makes mention of Greece under the name of Javan (Gen. 10:2-5); and this name does not again occur in the Old Testament till the time of Joel (3:6). Then the Greeks and Hebrews first came into contact in the Tyrian slave-market. Prophetic notice is taken of Greece in Dan. 8:21.
The cities of Greece were the special scenes of the labours of the apostle Paul.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 23 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.