Strong's Number G1059

Γαμαλιήλ

Gamaliel · gam-al-ee-ale'

Transliteration:

Gamaliel{gam-al-ee-ale'}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 01583]

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite

Usage in the KJV:

Gamaliel 2

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Gamaliel = "my recompenser is God"

a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the law, who gave prudent worldly advice in the Sanhedrin respecting the treatment of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth. Acts 5:34 ff. (A.D.29.) We learn from Acts 22:3 that he was the preceptor of Paul. He is generally identified with the very celebrated Jewish doctor Gamaliel, grandson of Hillel, and who is referred to as authority in the Jewish Mishna.