Γαμαλιήλ

Γαμαλιήλ — Gamaliḗl

Γαμαλιήλ, ὁ (גַּמְלִיאֵל, recompense of God (God, the Avenger, Fürst); Num 1:10; Num 2:20), indeclinable, Gamaliel (distinguished by the Jews from his grandson of the same name by the title הַזָּקֵן, the elder), a Pharisee and doctor of the law, son of R. Simeon, grandson of Hillel, and teacher of the apostle Paul. He is said to have had very great influence in the Sanhedrin, and to have died eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem. A man of permanent renown among the Jews: Act 5:34; Act 22:3. Cf. Gräiz, Gesch. d. Juden, iii., p. 289ff; Schenkel, BL. ii., p. 328ff; (especially Alex.'s Kitto under the word Gamaliel I. (cf. Farrar, St. Paul, i. 44 and except v.)).