King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1059
Transliteration: Gamaliēl
Phonetic Spelling: (gam-al-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Gamaliel, a renowned teacher of the law
Meaning: Gamaliel -- a renowned teacher of the law
Γαμαλιήλ, ὁ (גַּמְלִיאֵל, recompense of God (God, the Avenger, Fürst); Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20), indeclinable, Gamaliel (distinguished by the Jews from his grandson of the same name by the title הַזָּקֵן, the elder), a Pharisee and doctor of the law, son of R. Simeon, grandson of Hillel, and teacher of the apostle Paul. He is said to have had very great influence in the Sanhedrin, and to have died eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem. A man of permanent renown among the Jews: Acts 5:34; Acts 22:3. Cf. Gräiz, Gesch. d. Juden, iii., p. 289ff; Schenkel, BL. ii., p. 328ff; (especially Alex.'s Kitto under the word Gamaliel I. (cf. Farrar, St. Paul, i. 44 and except v.)).
Word Summary
Gamaliēl: Gamaliel, a renowned teacher of the law
Original Word: ΓαμαλιήλTransliteration: Gamaliēl
Phonetic Spelling: (gam-al-ee-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Gamaliel, a renowned teacher of the law
Meaning: Gamaliel -- a renowned teacher of the law
Strong's Concordance
Gamaliel. Of Hebrew origin (Gamliy'el); Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite -- Gamaliel.
see HEBREW Gamliy'el
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1059: ΓαμαλιήλΓαμαλιήλ, ὁ (גַּמְלִיאֵל, recompense of God (God, the Avenger, Fürst); Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20), indeclinable, Gamaliel (distinguished by the Jews from his grandson of the same name by the title הַזָּקֵן, the elder), a Pharisee and doctor of the law, son of R. Simeon, grandson of Hillel, and teacher of the apostle Paul. He is said to have had very great influence in the Sanhedrin, and to have died eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem. A man of permanent renown among the Jews: Acts 5:34; Acts 22:3. Cf. Gräiz, Gesch. d. Juden, iii., p. 289ff; Schenkel, BL. ii., p. 328ff; (especially Alex.'s Kitto under the word Gamaliel I. (cf. Farrar, St. Paul, i. 44 and except v.)).