Proselyte

The biblical term "proselyte" is an anglicization of the Koine Greek term προσήλυτος (proselytos), as used in the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to Israel";^[1] a "sojourner in the land",^[2] and in the Greek New Testament^[3] for a first-century convert to Judaism, generally from Ancient Greek religion. It is a translation of the Biblical Hebrew phrase גר תושב (ger toshav).^[3] "Proselyte" also has the more general meaning in English of a new convert to any particular religion or doctrine.