proselyte

See also: prosélyte

English

Etymology

From prose +‎ -lyte, from Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.ɪlˌaɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑs.ɪlˌaɪt/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     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.

Translations

one who has converted to a religion

• Catalan: prosèlit (ca) m or f
• Dutch: bekeerling (nl) m, jodengenoot m (a gentile converted to Judaism)
• French: prosélyte (fr) m, néophyte (fr) m or f
• German: Proselyt (de) m, Judengenosse m (a gentile converted to Judaism)
• Greek: προσήλυτος (el) m (prosílytos)

  Ancient Greek: προσήλυτος m (prosḗlutos)

• Ido: prozelito (io)
• Italian: proselito (it) m, neofita (it) m
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• Polish: prozelita (pl) m, neofita (pl) m
• Portuguese: prosélito (pt) m, neófito (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: prozelit (sh) m
• Spanish: neófito (es) m, prosélito (es) m
• Swahili: mwongofu class 1/2
• Swedish: proselyt (sv) c
• Ukrainian: прозеліт m (prozelit)

Verb

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism
• proselytize

Translations

proselytize

• Dutch: bekeren (nl)
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Anagrams

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) prosēlyte

1. vocative masculine singular of prosēlytus