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Strong's G4139 · Greek

πλησίον

plesion · 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)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πλησίος (G4139)

17 πλησίος , -α, -ον ( πέλας , near ), near , close by , neighbouring . As adv., πλησίον = πέλας , near : c. gen., Jo 4:5 ; c. art., ὁ π. , one's neighbour [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ ]: Lk 10:29 , 36 , Ac 7:27 , Ro 13:10 15:2 , Eph 4:25 , Ja 4:12 ; ἀγαπήσεις τὸν π. σου ὡς σεαυτόν ( Le 19:18 , LXX), Mt 5:43 19:19 22:39 , Mk 12:31 , 33 , Lk 10:27 , Ro 13:9 , Ga 5:14 , Ja 2:8 (on the various senses of ὁ π. in OT, NT, v. DB , iii, 511; DCC , ii, 240 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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