What does προσήλυτος (prosḗlytos) mean in the Bible?
προσήλυτος (prosḗlytos): A non-Jewish convert to Judaism, literarily one who has "arrived" at the faith community.
Greek · G4339
προσήλυτος
Proselyte
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προσήλυτος G4339
Pronunciation prosḗlytos
What does προσήλυτος (prosḗlytos) mean in the Bible?
προσήλυτος (prosḗlytos): A non-Jewish convert to Judaism, literarily one who has "arrived" at the faith community.
Full entry for προσήλυτος (G4339) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4339?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include converts to Judaism (2), a convert [to Judaism] (1), convert (1).
Where does προσήλυτος (prosḗlytos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It converts to Judaism 2× Acts 2:11, Acts 13:43
a convert [to Judaism] 1× Acts 6:5
convert 1× Matthew 23:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:15 προσήλυτον to convert Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 2:11 προσήλυτοι to converts to Judaism Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 6:5 προσήλυτον to a convert [to Judaism] Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 13:43 προσηλύτων to converts to Judaism Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:15
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Acts 3
Source forms
προσήλυτον 2x prosēlyton Matthew 23:15, Acts 6:5
προσήλυτοι 1x prosēlytoi Acts 2:11
προσηλύτων 1x prosēlytōn Acts 13:43
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 23:15, Acts 6:5
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 13:43
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 2:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A non-Jewish convert to Judaism, literarily one who has "arrived" at the faith community.
Strong's G4339
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 23:15 Source Gloss
proselyte
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A non-Jewish convert to Judaism, literarily one who has "arrived" at the faith community.
(προοελαύνω), [in LXX for גֵּר ;]
1one who has arrived, a stranger.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:15 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
προσήλυτον, proshluton
a proselyte
Read verse Acts 2:10 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
προσήλυτοι, proshlutoi
a proselyte
Read verse Acts 6:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
προσήλυτον proshluton
a proselyte
Read verse Acts 13:43 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
προσηλύτων proshlutwn
a proselyte
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 2:11 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 13:43 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 23:15 · Acts 6:5 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Convert to Judaism, object of Pharisaic missionary zeal and hypocrisy
Jewish converts present at Pentecost, among diaspora witnesses to apostolic testimony
Nicolas of Antioch, a gentile convert to Judaism before Christian faith
Converts to Judaism following Paul's synagogue teaching, responsive to gospel message
Word Origins
προσήλυτος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain