proselyte

Meanings

Noun

• One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.

Verb

• To proselytize.

Origin

• From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus ("proselyte, alien resident"), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος ("newcomer, convert") (from πρός and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα, perfect of ἔρχομαι), translation of Hebrew גר in the [[Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.