It is a vague term, the Greek equivalent of 'the Levant'.

The title is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Messiah, and means the Anointed.

He then amended this Latin name with its Greek equivalent, Erasmus, which means literally the Well-Beloved.

The Greeks worshipped Zeus as the father of heaven, he is the Greek equivalent of the Christian Lord.

Maybe Helen of Troy didn't even exist, but was the ancient Greek equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction.

Ben Sira, or Sirach, was apparently his family name, while Jesus is the Greek equivalent of Jeshua or Joshua.

He wasn't sure what the Greek equivalent was, but he was pretty sure the Greek father-in-law felt the same way.

In fact, our most universally accepted term for it, pneumonia, is merely the Greek equivalent of the first of these.

Adonis-Phoenician-Greekequivalent of Tammuz.

See also Eris ( Greek equivalent).

The word "Eyebright" at page 170 stands for Euphrasia its Greek equivalent, and refers to one of Mr. Browning's oldest friends.

He caught the words staring at him from the page of the open prayer book beside him, and automatically the Greek equivalent suggested itself.

The words which they translated "hell" have been put back into their Hebrew and Greek equivalents, and appear as Sheol and Hades.

Here the persecuted youth changed his name, Horus, to its Greek equivalent, and henceforth he was known at home and in the schools as Apollo.