Gamaliel (disambiguation)

Gamaliel, also spelled Gamliel and Gamiliel, is the Greek form of the Hebrew name meaning "God is my reward/recompense" indicating the loss of one or more earlier children in the family. 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

• Gamaliel Bailey (1807-1859), a U.S. journalist
• Gamaliel Bradford (1768-1824), an American privateer; at least the second of that name
• Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist; the sixth of seven men called Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken succession
• Gamaliel King, an American architect
• Gamaliel, the middle name of US President Warren G. Harding
• Gamaliel, the middle name of American scholar Warren G. Bennis

Gamliel as a surname

• Aryeh Gamliel (born 1951), Israeli politician
• Gila Gamliel (born 1974), Israeli politician

Gamaliel as a middle name

• Warren Gamaliel Harding (born 1865), 29th President of the United States
• Warren Bennis (born 1925), American scholar and pioneer of Leadership studies

Institutions

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

Places

• Gamaliel, Kentucky, United States
• Gamaliel, Arkansas, United States

Phrase

• "Gamalielese", a term coined by H. L. Mencken to mock President Harding's speaking style