Γαμαλιήλ
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Γαμαλίηλος (Gamalíēlos)
Etymology
From Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl) from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.ma.li.ɛ̌ːl/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.ma.liˈe̝l/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
Proper noun
Γαμαλιήλ • (Gamaliḗl) m (indeclinable) (Koine, biblical)
- Gamaliel:
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Γαμαλιήλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος (Gamaliḗl ho Presbúteros), “Gamaliel the Elder”, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 22:3:
- Ἐγώ μὲν εἰμι ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας, ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιήλ, πεπαιδευμένος κατὰ ἀκρίβειαν τοῦ πατρῴου νόμου, ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καθὼς πάντες ὑμεῖς ἐστε σήμερον
- Egṓ mèn eimi anḕr Ioudaîos, gegennēménos en Tarsôi tês Kilikías, anatethramménos dè en têi pólei taútēi parà toùs pódas Gamaliḗl, pepaideuménos katà akríbeian toû patrṓiou nómou, zēlōtḕs hupárkhōn toû Theoû, kathṑs pántes humeîs este sḗmeron
- I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
- Ἐγώ μὲν εἰμι ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας, ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιήλ, πεπαιδευμένος κατὰ ἀκρίβειαν τοῦ πατρῴου νόμου, ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καθὼς πάντες ὑμεῖς ἐστε σήμερον
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Γαμαλιήλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος (Gamaliḗl ho Presbúteros), “Gamaliel the Elder”, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
Descendants
Further reading
- G1059 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Γαμαλιήλ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Γαμαλίηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl) from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl) from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl, “God is my reward”). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Γαμαλιήλ • (Gamaliíl) m (indeclinable)
- (biblical, Judaism, Christianity)
- a male given name from Hebrew.
Further reading
Γαμαλιήλ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
