προσήλυτος
prosēlutos
proselyte
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word προσήλυτος (prosēlutos) is primarily defined as a "proselyte." This term refers to a stranger or an outsider who has converted to a different group or faith, specifically referencing a Gentile who has joined the Jewish community. The word occurs four times in the Bible, suggesting that it is a significant concept for the authors of these texts. Its presence indicates that issues of identity, belonging, and transition play a considerable role in the narratives and themes of the Bible. The semantic domain labeled as "Creation & Nature" seems incongruous with this word's actual definition, suggesting a potential classification error in the provided lexicon data.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Acts 2:11Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”
Acts 6:5These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
Acts 13:43Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.