ΓΑΜΑΛΕΙΣ, γαμαλεις
GAMALEIS, gamaleis
Sounds Like: gah-mah-LEE-lace
Translations: Gamaliel
From the root: ΓΑΜΑΛΙΗΛ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the name of a prominent Jewish rabbi and Pharisee mentioned in the New Testament, specifically in the book of Acts. He was a respected teacher of the Law and a member of the Sanhedrin, known for his wisdom and moderation. He famously advised the Sanhedrin against persecuting the apostles, suggesting that if their movement was from God, it could not be overthrown, but if it was of human origin, it would fail on its own.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1059 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΜΑΛΙΗΛ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΜΑΛΙΗΛ — Gamaliel
- ΓΑΜΑΛΙΗΛΟΥ — of Gamaliel
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