Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
GREECE, or HELLAS, the well-known country in the south-east of Europe. It is named four times in the O.T. as Greece or Grecia, Zech 9:13; Dan 8:21; Num 10:20; Matt 11:2, and once in the N.T., Acts 20:2. It or its people are referred to in Hebrew history as Javan, Isa 66:19; Eze 27:13, Eze 27:19, and in apostolic history as Achaia. Its cities noticed in Scripture are Atliens, Corinth, and Cenchrea. See Greeks, and for further notice of the
country, see Achaia and Macedonia.