Gamaliel

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/ ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl//ɡəˈmeɪl.jəl//ɡæməˈliːəl/

proper noun

Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.

OriginMiddle English Gamaliel ← Late Latin Gamaliēl ← Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Gamliel

  1. JudaismChristianityGamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.

    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 / […]

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xxij:[3], folio clxxxviij, recto
  2. A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewגַּמְלִיאֵל
  2. Aramaicגַמַלִיאיֵל
  3. Koine GreekΓαμαλιήλ
  4. Late LatinGamaliēl
  5. Middle EnglishGamaliel
  6. EnglishGamaliel

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).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

melalgia
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APA

Gamaliel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gamaliel

MLA

“Gamaliel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gamaliel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gamaliel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gamaliel.

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