GAMALIEL
reward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10;2:20;7:54, 7: 59). (2.) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and therefore the opponent of the party of the Sadducees. He was noted for his learning, and was president of the Sanhedrim during the regins of Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius, and died, it is said, a......