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
Look! These shall come from afar, And look! These from [the] north and from [the] west and these from the land of Sinim."
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, [or] free, but Christ [is] all, and in all.
A syrophenician
Matthew 15:22
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came [and] cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter [is] severely possessed by a demon!"