Gamaliel (disambiguation)

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Gamaliel (Heb. גמליאל), also spelled Gamliel, is a Hebrew name generally interpreted "God (אל) is my (י-) reward/recompense (גמל)". Solomon Gandz suggests instead that it should be read "battle-axe of God" (AAJR 2 pg. 37). A number of influential individuals have had the name:

Hebrew Bible

  • The Hebrew Bible refers to
    Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur
    , the leader of the tribe of Manasseh during the census of the Israelites in the Sinai desert (Book of Numbers 1:10; 2:20; 7:54,59; 10:23).

Rabbinical authorities

  • Gamaliel, also called Gamaliel I or Gamaliel the Elder, a first-century authority on Jewish law
  • Gamliel II
    , also known as Gamliel of Jabneh
  • Gamliel III
    , son of Judah haNasi the redactor of the Mishna, and his successor as Nasi (patriarch)
  • Gamliel IV
    , grandson of Gamliel III, patriarch in the latter half of the 3rd century
  • Gamliel V
    , son and successor of the patriarch Hillel II
  • Gamliel VI
    , grandson of Gamliel V, the last of the patriarchs, died in 425
  • Shimon ben Gamliel
    , the son of Gamaliel I, the Elder
  • Shimon ben Gamliel II
    , the grandson of Shimon ben Gamliel

Gamaliel in Kabbalah

  • Gamaliel (Qliphah)
    is the Qliphah associated with the Sephirah Yesod on the kabbalistic Tree of Life.

Gamaliel as a forename

Gamliel as a surname

Gamaliel as a middle name

  • Warren Gamaliel Harding
    (1865–1923), 29th President of the United States
  • Raphael Gamaliel Warnock
    (born July 23, 1969), American pastor and politician

Institutions

  • Gamaliel Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit providing training and consultation to affiliated congregation-based community organizations

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