Gamaliel

English

Alternative forms

• Gamliel

Etymology

From Middle English Gamaliel, from Late Latin Gamaliēl, from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl), from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gə-māʹlē-əl, IPA^(key): / ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/, /ɡəˈmeɪl.jəl/, /ɡæməˈliːəl/

Proper noun

Gamaliel

1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xxij:[3], folio clxxxviij, recto:

     I am verely a man which am a iewe / boꝛne in Tharſus / a cite in Cicill / nevertheleſſe yet bꝛoght vppe in this cite / at the fete off Gamaliel / and infoꝛmed diligẽtly in the lawe off the fathers / and was fervẽt mynded to God warde / as ye all are this ſame daye / […]

2. A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).

Derived terms

• Gamalielian

Translations

male given name

• Cherokee: ᎨᎺᎵ (gemeli)

Further reading

• “Gamaliel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Gamaliel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈma.li.eːɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈmaː.li.el]

Proper noun

Gamaliēl m sg (genitive Gamaliēl or Gamaliēlis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, biblical)

1. Gamaliel:
   1. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
      • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate , Acts of the Apostles.22.3:

        Et dicit: Ego sum vir Iudæus, natus in Tarso Ciliciæ, nutritus autem in ista civitate, secus pedes Gamaliel eruditus iuxta veritatem paternæ legis, æmulator legis, sicut et vos omnes estis hodie

        And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gamaliēl
genitive	Gamaliēlis
dative	Gamaliēlī
accusative	Gamaliēlem
ablative	Gamaliēle
vocative	Gamaliēl

Descendants

• English: Gamaliel
• French: Gamaliel
• German: Gamaliel
• Italian: Gamaliele
• Portuguese: Gamaliel
• Spanish: Gamaliel

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamaˈljel/ [ɡa.maˈljel]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Ga‧ma‧liel

Proper noun

Gamaliel m

1. Gamaliel (biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Gamaliel