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Hellenist is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hellenist in a sentence

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Hellenist | Hellenistic | Hellenists

Hellenist meaning

  1. A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization.
  2. A person who adopted the Greek customs, language and culture during the Hellenistic period, especially a Hellenized Jew.
  3. A non-Greek follower and practitioner of Hellenic religion (aka Hellenism)

Using Hellenist

  • The main meaning on this page is: A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization. | A person who adopted the Greek customs, language and culture during the Hellenistic period, especially a Hellenized Jew. | A non-Greek follower and practitioner of Hellenic religion (aka Hellenism)
  • In the example corpus, hellenist often appears in combinations such as: the hellenist.

Context around Hellenist

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

jews 1× way 1× ideas 1×

Sentence patterns with Hellenist

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

adopt the hellenist way of 1× embraced the hellenist ideas although 1× violence between hellenist jews and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

hence violence between 1× the greeks we 1×

Common sentence endings:

the assyrian greeks 1× the romanian idea 1× way of life 1×

Words around Hellenist

Just before it in the word index:

hellenism 13 hellenised 4 hellenisation 2 helleniq 2 helleniccoin 3 hellenic 138

Just after it in the word index:

hellenistic 128 hellenists 2 hellenization 6 hellenize 2 hellenized 13 hellens 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Hellenist

  • In this selection, "hellenist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, jews, way and ideas stand out and add context to how "hellenist" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include adopt the hellenist way of and embraced the hellenist ideas although. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hellenist" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hellenist

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Hence violence between Hellenist Jews and Maccabees, in the face of oppression by the Assyrian Greeks. (16 words)

The “Greeks” we learned about may have consisted predominantly of Jews who wished to adopt the Hellenist way of life. (20 words)

There were around 7,000 Aromanians most of whom fully embraced the Hellenist ideas, although many of them joined the Romanian idea. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

There were around 7,000 Aromanians most of whom fully embraced the Hellenist ideas, although many of them joined the Romanian idea. (22 words)

The “Greeks” we learned about may have consisted predominantly of Jews who wished to adopt the Hellenist way of life. (20 words)

Hence violence between Hellenist Jews and Maccabees, in the face of oppression by the Assyrian Greeks. (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

Hence violence between Hellenist Jews and Maccabees, in the face of oppression by the Assyrian Greeks.

The “Greeks” we learned about may have consisted predominantly of Jews who wished to adopt the Hellenist way of life.

There were around 7,000 Aromanians most of whom fully embraced the Hellenist ideas, although many of them joined the Romanian idea.

Common combinations with hellenist

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hellenist" in a sentence?
An example: "Hence violence between Hellenist Jews and Maccabees, in the face of oppression by the Assyrian Greeks." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "hellenist" from authentic English texts.
What does "hellenist" mean?
Hellenist means: A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization.
How many example sentences with "hellenist" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "hellenist", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.