Word study · Greek
plēsion
neighbor
Say it: play-SEE-on (approximate)
πλησίον
What it means
Literally "the one near." It is the word in the command to love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18, in the Greek Bible). The lawyer asks "Who is my neighbor?" and Jesus' story reverses it: the Samaritan became a neighbor by what he did (10:36).
Range of meaning
- NeighborSomeone near.
- Fellow personAnother human being.
In Luke
- Chapter 10
"Who is my neighbor?" (10:27-36).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G4139 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources