Lexical 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.)). |