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GreekG4139Adverb

πλησίον

plēsion

17Occurrences
G4139Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend)

neuter of a derivative of (near);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
near, close by, neighbouring. As adv., *πλησίον *= πέλας, near: with genitive; with art., ὁ π., one's neigh­bour : ,; ἀγαπήσεις τὸν π. *σου ὡς σεαυτόν *(, LXX), (on the various senses of ὁ π. in OT, NT, see DB, iii, 511; DCC, ii, 240 f.).
LXX: chiefly for רֵעַ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV

Full Description

Greek Adverb

Occurrences

πλησίον appears 17 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
Matthew
3
Romans
3
James
2
Mark
2
Acts
1
Ephesians
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

Acts 7:27BSB

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

James 2:8BSB

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Luke 10:27BSB

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 19:19BSB

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Mark 12:31BSB

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.