προσήλυτοι
prosḗlytos
proselytes
A person who has come or drawn near from another people group, specifically one who has joined a new community—especially, in Hellenistic and Roman contexts, a non-Israelite or non-Judean who has attached themselves to the Israelite/Judean people and adopted their customs and religious practices. The term most frequently designates a full 'convert' to the Judean community, often through ritual processes such as circumcision and acceptance of the Torah. In wider use, it can also refer generally to one who joins or affiliates with a new group or faith community, but in Jewish and early Christian literature it is focused on non-natives who have become part of the Judean religious-ethnic community.
Acts 2:11 · Word #4
Lexicon G4339
| Lemma | προσήλυτος |
| Transliteration | prosḗlytos |
| Strong's | G4339 |
| Definition | A person who has come or drawn near from another people group, specifically one who has joined a new community—especially, in Hellenistic and Roman contexts, a non-Israelite or non-Judean who has attached themselves to the Israelite/Judean people and adopted their customs and religious practices. The term most frequently designates a full 'convert' to the Judean community, often through ritual processes such as circumcision and acceptance of the Torah. In wider use, it can also refer generally to one who joins or affiliates with a new group or faith community, but in Jewish and early Christian literature it is focused on non-natives who have become part of the Judean religious-ethnic community. |
Morphology N NOM M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | proselytes |
| Literal | proselytes-converts |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | προσήλυτος |
| Strong's | G4339 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G4339-01
joined newcomers
| Morphological Notes | Noun, nominative masculine plural (Gr,N,,,,,NMP); functioning as a subject form, referring to multiple male or mixed-gender persons. |
| Rendering Rationale | "Joined newcomers" preserves the root sense of one who has come toward and attached themselves to a community, while reflecting the nominative masculine plural form. It avoids later technical language while retaining the idea of formal affiliation. |
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