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Meaning of Gamaliel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/

Definitions

  1. Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.
    Judaism
  2. A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).

Examples

“I am verely a man which am a iewe / boꝛne in Tharſus / a cite in Cicill / nevertheleſſe yet bꝛoght vppe in this cite / at the fete off Gamaliel / and infoꝛmed diligẽtly in the lawe off the fathers / and was fervẽt mynded to God warde / as ye all are this ſame daye / […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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