Gloss
Gentile convert (to Judaism), transliterated as proselyte
Forms of the word
Dictionary
προσήλυτος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
prosēlytos
Simplified transliteration
proselytos
Numbers
Strong's number
4339
GK Number
4670
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
pr. a newcomer, a stranger; in NT a proselyte, convert from paganism to Judaism, Mt. 23:15; Acts 2:11; 6:5; 13:43*
Greek-English Concordance for προσήλυτος
| Matthew 23:15 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over land and sea to gain a single convert (prosēlyton | προσήλυτον | acc sg masc); and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. |
| Acts 2:11 | Jews and proselytes (prosēlytoi | προσήλυτοι | nom pl masc), Cretans and Arabians — we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” |
| Acts 6:5 | And the proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte (prosēlyton | προσήλυτον | acc sg masc) of Antioch. |
| Acts 13:43 | And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts (prosēlytōn | προσηλύτων | gen pl masc) followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God. |
