Word: gamalihl

Pronounce: gam-al-ee-ale'

Strongs Number: G1059

Orig: of Hebrew origin H1583 ; Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite:--Gamaliel. H1583

Use: Noun Masculine

Heb Strong:

Gamaliel = "my recompenser is God"

1) a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the law, who gave prudent worldly advice in the Sanhedrin respecting the treatment of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth. Ac 5:34 ff. (A.D.29.) We learn from Ac 22:3 that he was the preceptor of Paul. He is generally identified with the very celebrated Jewish doctor Gamaliel, grandson of Hillel, and who is referred to as authority in the Jewish Mishna.