Proselyte
προσήλυτοςStrong’s G4339prosēlutos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prosēlutos is the Greek word usually translated “convert” and “converts”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
Meaning
Usually translated “convert” and “converts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- convert 1
- a convert 1
- converts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
- Acts 13:43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Greek dictionary
προσήλυτος prosēlutos · proselyte
προσήλυτος, -ον (προοελαύνω), [in LXX for גֵּר ;] 1. one who has arrived, a stranger. 2. Of converts to Judaism, a proselyte (see DB, see word): Mat.23:15, Act.2:10 6:5 13:43.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “proselyte” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROS'ELYTE, noun
[Gr. to come.]
A new convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system or party. Thus a Gentile converted to Judaism is a proselyte; a pagan converted to christianity is a proselyte; and we speak familiarly of proselytes to the theories of Brown, of Black, or of Lavoisier. The word primarily refers to converts to some religious creed.
All definitions and other forms of “proselyte”
PROS'ELYTE, verb transitive
To make a convert to some religion, or to some opinion or system.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.