πλησίον plēsion · G4139
near/neighbor
πλησίος, -α, -ον; (πέλας, near), ; near, close by, neighbouring. As adv., πλησίον = πέλας, near: with genitive, Jhn.4:5; with art., ὁ π., one's neighbour ; [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ ]: ; Luk.10:29, 36, Act.7:27, Rom.13:10 15:2, Eph.4:25, Jas.4:12; ἀγαπήσεις τὸν π. σου ὡς σεαυτόν (Lev.19:18, LXX), Mat.5:43 19:19 22:39, Mrk.12:31, 33, Luk.10:27, Rom.13:9, Gal.5:14, Jas.2:8 (on the various senses of ὁ π. in OT, NT, see DB, iii, 511; DCC, ii, 240 f.).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
πλήσι-ος, α, ον, ; Boeotian dialect πλᾱτίος []: (πέλας, πελάζω):— near, close to, with genitive, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων variant in []; 2 with dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι []; 3 absolutely, near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γ᾽ ἥσθην []: substantive, neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον []; II adverb πλησίον, Aeolic dialect πλάσιον [ᾱ] []; Doric dialect πλᾱτίον: ={πέλας}, near, hard by, with genitive, τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων []; κεῖται στενωποῦ π. []; II.2 with the Article, ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν) one's …
Where it's used 17 times
Matthew 5:43 · Matthew 19:19 · Matthew 22:39 · Mark 12:31 · Mark 12:33 · Luke 10:27 · Luke 10:29 · Luke 10:36 · John 4:5 · Acts 7:27 · Romans 13:9 · Romans 13:10 · Romans 15:2 · Galatians 5:14 · Ephesians 4:25 · James 2:8 · James 4:12
Source: TBESG G4139; TFLSJ G4139
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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