Strong G1069γείτων
neighbour
- Transliteration
- geitōn
- Pronunciation
- ghi'-tone
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Feminine)
Definition
From G1093; a neighbor (as adjoining one´ s ground); by implication a friend: - neighbour.
Detailed definition
γείτων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ
(γῆ), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכֵן;]
a neighbour: Luk.14:12 15:6, 9 Jhn.9:8.†
(AS)
(γῆ), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכֵן;]
a neighbour: Luk.14:12 15:6, 9 Jhn.9:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1069 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- neighbour4
First verses
- Luke 14:12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
- Luke 15:6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
- Luke 15:9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
- John 9:8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γείτων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ,
neighbour, borderer, γείτονες ἠδὲ ἔται Μενελάου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.16, compare 9.48, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 346, etc.)]; opposed to σύνοικος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696b; γ. τινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1451, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.4; τινί [prev. work] 2.3.18)]; ἐκ τῶν γ. or ἐκ γειτόνων from or in the neighbourhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 435, etc.; οἷον ἐκ γ. φωνὴν θηρευόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531a; λύχνον ἐκ τῶν γ. ἐνάψασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.14; ἐκ γ. τῆς πατρίδος μετοικεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 21, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.12; rarely ἀπὸ γ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.84)]; ἐν γειτόνων (i.e. οἴκοις) οἰκεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 25, etc.; τὸ χωρίον τὸ ἐν γ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.10: _metaphorically_, ἐν γ. εἶναι)] to be of like kind, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 8: proverbial, μέγα γείτονι γείτων 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 50, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.87.)]
II as adjective, neighbouring, bordering, πόλις, πόντος, [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 1.32, “N.” 9.43)]; χώρα, πύλαι, ῥοαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 67 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 486, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 418 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, Ἀθήναις γ. πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 294; νεκροῖσι γ. θᾶκοι [prev. author] “HF” 1097)]; also in Prose, ἡ γ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b; οἱ γ. βάρβαροι 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.72c: _neuter_ γεῖτον 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: _neuter_ _plural_ γείτω “IG” 2.814a B 36.)]
III γίτονας (sic)· τὰ δύο αἰδοῖα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
neighbour, borderer, γείτονες ἠδὲ ἔται Μενελάου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.16, compare 9.48, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 346, etc.)]; opposed to σύνοικος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696b; γ. τινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1451, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.4; τινί [prev. work] 2.3.18)]; ἐκ τῶν γ. or ἐκ γειτόνων from or in the neighbourhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 435, etc.; οἷον ἐκ γ. φωνὴν θηρευόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531a; λύχνον ἐκ τῶν γ. ἐνάψασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.14; ἐκ γ. τῆς πατρίδος μετοικεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 21, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.12; rarely ἀπὸ γ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.84)]; ἐν γειτόνων (i.e. οἴκοις) οἰκεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 25, etc.; τὸ χωρίον τὸ ἐν γ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.10: _metaphorically_, ἐν γ. εἶναι)] to be of like kind, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 8: proverbial, μέγα γείτονι γείτων 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 50, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.87.)]
II as adjective, neighbouring, bordering, πόλις, πόντος, [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 1.32, “N.” 9.43)]; χώρα, πύλαι, ῥοαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 67 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 486, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 418 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, Ἀθήναις γ. πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 294; νεκροῖσι γ. θᾶκοι [prev. author] “HF” 1097)]; also in Prose, ἡ γ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b; οἱ γ. βάρβαροι 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.72c: _neuter_ γεῖτον 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: _neuter_ _plural_ γείτω “IG” 2.814a B 36.)]
III γίτονας (sic)· τὰ δύο αἰδοῖα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]