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Strong G4339προσήλυτος

proselyte

Transliteration
prosēlutos
Pronunciation
pros-ah'-loo-tos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From the alternate of G4334; an arriver from a foreign region that is (specifically) an acceder (convert) to Judaism (proselyte): - proselyte.

Detailed definition

προσήλυτος, -ον
(προοελαύνω), [in LXX for גֵּר;]
1. one who has arrived, a stranger.

2. Of converts to Judaism, a proselyte (see DB, see word): Mat.23:15, Act.2:10 6:5 13:43.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4339 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • proselyte4

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:15
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
  2. Acts 2:10
    Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
  3. Acts 6:5
    And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
  4. Acts 13:43
    Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσήλυτ-ος, ον,
one that has arrived at a place, stranger, sojourner, τῷ προσελθόντι προσηλύτῳ[LXX (LXX.Exo.12.49, +others)]
II one who has come over to Judaism, convert, proselyte, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.219, NT.Matt.23.15, NT.Act.2.10.)]