G4339Greekprosḗlyton
προσήλυτον
an arriver from a foreign region, i.e., (specially), an acceder (convert) to judaism ("proselyte")
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
4
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a newcomer
- 2a stranger, alien
- 3one who has come over from a gentile religion to judaism
- 4a proselyte
Etymology & Derivation
from the alternate of g4334
Scholarly Notes
the 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, especially 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 blood).