Prosḗlytos — G4339

Definition

adjective

an arriver from a foreign region, i.e. (specially), an acceder (convert) to Judaism ("proselyte")

1. a newcomer
2. a proselyte, i. e. one who has come over from a Gentile religion to Judaism (Luther, Judengenosse)

Usually translated as

proselyte

Origin

from the alternate of G4334

• prosérchomai (G4334)

Occurrences

Prosḗlytos occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Acts (3)

• Matthew 23:15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte (προσήλυτον), and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
• Acts 2:10 — Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes (προσηλυτοι),
• Acts 6:5 — And 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 (προσήλυτον) of Antioch:
• Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes (προσηλύτων) followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.