Mark 7:26
26ἡNowδὲthe womanγυνὴwasἦνGentileἙλληνίς,SyrophoenicianΣυροφοινίκισσαbyτῷraceγένει·andκαὶkept askingἠρώταHimαὐτὸνthatἵναtheτὸdemonδαιμόνιονHe should cast forthἐκβάλῃout ofἐκtheτῆςdaughterθυγατρὸςof herαὐτῆς.
Now the woman was a Greek, Syrophoenician by race, and she was asking Him that He might cast the demon out of her daughter.
Vocab difficulty
46.7
Rare words
Ἑλληνίς
Ἑλληνίς
a female Greek.
Συροφοινίκισσα
Συροφοινίκισσα
Syrophoenician, i.e. Phoenician (of Syria, in contrast to Carthage and its territory in North Africa).