noun · masculine

prosēlutos

Greekπροσήλυτος (prosēlutos)

Strong’sG4339

a proselyte

stem prosēlut-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

convert1×converts to judaism1×proselyte1×proselytes1×

What it means

† προσήλυτος, -ον

(< προσελαύνω), [in LXX for גֵּר;]

1. one who has arrived, a stranger.

2. Of converts to Judaism, a proselyte (v. DB, s.v.): Mt 23:15, Ac 2:10 6:5 13:43.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4339 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpros-ay'-loo-tos

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

Fromfrom the alternate of G4334;

King Jamesproselyte.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	prosēlutos	prosēlutois1×προσήλυτοι
object accusative	prosēluton2×προσήλυτον	prosēlutoin
direct address vocative	prosēlutor	prosēlutoir
of, belonging to genitive	prosēlutou	prosēlutoiu1×προσηλύτων
to, for dative	prosēluto	prosēlutoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

prosēlutstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prosēluto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

prosēluton“convert”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 23:15“convert”Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti periagavō tan thalassan kai tan xēran poiara henon prosēluton, kai hotan gineteia poiavō auton huion geennau diplouoteron vu.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Acts 6:5“proselyte”kai areskata tos logos enōpion panteu teu plētheu, kai eklegela Stefanon, anēron plēros pistiau kai pneumeu hagieu, kai Filippon kai Prochoron kai Nikanōron kai Timōnon kai Parmenaon kai Nikolaon prosēluton Antiochevon,This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

prosēlutois“proselytes”subjectnominative plural1×

Acts 2:11“proselytes”Ioudaiois tē kai prosēlutois, Krois kai Arapsois, akouanō lalarōtoiu autoiu tai hēmeterai glōssai teim megaleieim tou theou.both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs— we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

prosēlutoiu“converts to judaism”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 13:43“converts to judaism”luiratau de tau sunagōgau akolouthala pollois toiu Ioudaioiu kai toiu seberōtoiu prosēlutoiu to Paulo kai to Barnabao, hotinois proslalarōtois autoi peithale; autoin prosmenarō ta charia tou theou.After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.