Γαμαλιήλ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γαμαλίηλος (Gamalíēlos)

Etymology

From Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl) from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ma.li.ɛ̌ːl/ → /ɣa.ma.liˈil/ → /ɣa.ma.liˈil/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ma.li.ɛ̌ːl/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ma.liˈe̝l/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/

Proper noun

Γαμαλιήλ • (Gamaliḗl) m (indeclinable) (Koine, biblical)

1. Gamaliel:
   1. 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.

Descendants

• Greek: Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliíl)
• Latin: Gamaliēl
  • English: Gamaliel
  • French: Gamaliel
  • German: Gamaliel
  • Italian: Gamaliele
  • Portuguese: Gamaliel
  • Spanish: Gamaliel

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
• Γαμαλιήλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl) from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl) from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣa.ma.liˈil/
•  Hyphenation: Γα‧μα‧λι‧ήλ

Proper noun

Γαμαλιήλ • (Gamaliíl) m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Gamaliel
2. a male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).

Further reading

• Γαμαλιήλ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el