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Strong's #4139: plesion (pronounced play-see'-on)

neuter of a derivative of pelas (near); (adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend):--near, neighbour.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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plēsion

1) a neighbour

1a) a friend

1b) any other person, and where two are concerned, the other (thy fellow man, thy neighbour), according to the Jews, any member of the Hebrew nation and commonwealth

1c) according to Christ, any other man irrespective of nation or religion with whom we live or whom we chance to meet

Part of Speech: adverb

Relation: neuter of a derivative of pelas (near)

Citing in TDNT: 6:311, 872




Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

Matthew 5:43: "it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy."
Matthew 19:19: "thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Matthew 22:39: "it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Mark 12:31: "namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none"
Mark 12:33: "strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more"
Luke 10:27: "mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."
Luke 10:29: "who is my neighbor?"
Luke 10:36: "thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?"
John 4:5: "of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob"
Acts 7:27: "But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made"
Romans 13:9: "namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Romans 13:10: "worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
Romans 15:2: "every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification."
Galatians 5:14: "this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Ephesians 4:25: "truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another."
Hebrews 8:11: "teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother,"
James 2:8: "Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:"









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