Proselytes were full converts, considered Jews in every sense because they accepted the God of Israel (rejecting all other gods), underwent circumcision, and joined themselves to the nation of Israel.
क्लाउस्नर व कोहॆन ने यहूदी धर्म को पूरी तरह से नहीं अपनानेवाले इन लोगों को ‘ परमेश्‍वर का भय माननेवाले ’ लोग कहा ।