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Lexicon :: Strong's G1059 - gamaliēl

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Γαμαλιήλ
Transliteration
gamaliēl (Key)
Pronunciation
gam-al-ee-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin גַּמְלִיאֵל (H1583)]
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
5x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Γαμαλιήλ Gamaliḗl, gam-al-ee-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H1583); Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite:—Gamaliel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1059 in the following manner: Gamaliel (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1059 in the following manner: Gamaliel (2x).

  1. Gamaliel = "my recompenser is God"

    1. a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the law, who gave prudent worldly advice in the Sanhedrin respecting the treatment of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth. Acts 5:34 ff. (A.D.29.) We learn from Acts 22:3 that he was the preceptor of Paul. He is generally identified with the very celebrated Jewish doctor Gamaliel, grandson of Hillel, and who is referred to as authority in the Jewish Mishna.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Γαμαλιήλ Gamaliḗl, gam-al-ee-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H1583); Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite:—Gamaliel.
STRONGS G1059:
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. Grätz, 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 5.)].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
1:10; 2:20
Acts
5:34; 22:3

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Strong's Number G1059 matches the Greek Γαμαλιήλ (gamaliēl),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel[fn] according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
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