Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
A syrophenician
Bible References
Greek
Isaiah 49:12
"Watch! They'll come from far away some from the north and from the west, and others from the region of China."
Galatians 3:28
Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.
Colossians 3:11
In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.
A syrophenician
Matthew 15:22
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"