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
Lo, these shall come from far, and, lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.
Galatians 3:28
There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondman nor freeman, there is no male and female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman, but the all and in all, Christ.
A syrophenician
Matthew 15:22
And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed.