- προσήλυτος
- one that has arrived at
- προσήλυτος
- a proselyte
- (lit: that has come to), a proselyte, that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews' religion.
- προσήλυτος
- proselyte
- G:N-M
- 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):.†Refs
Mat.23:15, Act.2:10 6:5 13:43
(AS)
1) a newcomer
1a) a stranger, alien
2) a proselyte
2a) one who has come over from a Gentile religion to JudaismThe Rabbis distinguished two classes of proselytes, proselytes of righteousness, who received circumcision and bound themselves to keep the whole of the Mosaic law and to comply with all the requirements of Judaism, and proselytes of the gate, who dwelt among the Jews, and although uncircumcised observed certain specific laws, esp. the seven precepts of Noah, i.e. against the seven chief sins, idolatry, blasphemy against God, homicide, unchastity, theft or plundering, rebellion against rulers and the use of "flesh with the blood thereof".
1a) a stranger, alien
2) a proselyte
2a) one who has come over from a Gentile religion to JudaismThe Rabbis distinguished two classes of proselytes, proselytes of righteousness, who received circumcision and bound themselves to keep the whole of the Mosaic law and to comply with all the requirements of Judaism, and proselytes of the gate, who dwelt among the Jews, and although uncircumcised observed certain specific laws, esp. the seven precepts of Noah, i.e. against the seven chief sins, idolatry, blasphemy against God, homicide, unchastity, theft or plundering, rebellion against rulers and the use of "flesh with the blood thereof".
προσήλυτος
prosēlutos
pros-ah'-loo-tos
From the alternate of G4334; an arriver from a foreign region, that is, (specifically) an acceder (convert) to Judaism (“proselyte”)
KJV Usage: proselyte.