Definition of "proselytes" [proselytes]

• Plural form of proselyte. (noun)

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• "+ The term proselytes of the gate was derived from the frequently occurring description in the law the stranger that is within (Exodus 20: 10) etc."
• "The influence of the Jews restored from Babylon in making many Gentile proselytes is an earnest of a larger similar effect hereafter (Isa 66: 19; Zec 8: 13). from the Lord -- Israel's restoration and the consequent conversion of the Gentiles are solely of grace. tarrieth not for man -- entirely God's work, as independent of human contrivance as the dew and rains that fertilize the soil."
• "The ancient rabbins had a beautiful expression for proselytes from the heathen -- that they had "come under the wings of the Shekinah.""