Strong G4139πλησίον
near/neighbor
- Transliteration
- plēsion
- Pronunciation
- play-see'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Neuter of a derivative of πέλας pelas (near); (adverb) close by; as noun a neighbor that is fellow (as man countryman Christian or friend): - near neighbour.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G4139 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- neighbour16
- near1
First verses
- Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Mark 12:31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Luke 10:27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
- Luke 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
- Luke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
- John 4:5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
- Acts 7:27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
- Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
- Romans 15:2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
- Galatians 5:14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Hebrews 8:11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
- James 2:8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήσι-ος, α, ον,
Boeotian dialect πλᾱτίος [Refs (“Rev.Ét.Gr.” 10.29 (from Thespiae))]: (πέλας, πελάζω):— near, close to, with genitive, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.249; πλησίαι ἀλλήλων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.71.)]
2 with dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.732, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.149, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 761.)]
3 absolutely, near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γ᾽ ἥσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.21; uncertain reading in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 195; οἱ π. γύαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 58; τῶν πλησίων ἱερῶν “OGI” 736.5 (from Egypt))]: substantive, neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.271, etc.; οἱ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 471, etc.)]
II adverb πλησίον, Aeolic dialect πλάσιον [ᾱ] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.3, “Supp.” 6.1)]; Doric dialect πλᾱτίον: ={πέλας}, near, hard by, with genitive, τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.115, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.14; Σωφροσύνας πλατίον οἰκεῖ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 101, compare “IG” 42(1).123.15 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; κεῖται στενωποῦ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 366; στῆθι π. πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1076; στρατοπεδεύεσθαι π. τινῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.111; ὁρῶ δέ σ᾽ ἤδη τοῦδε π. κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1439; π. παρῆσθα κινδύνων ἐμοί [prev. author] “Or.” 1159: with _dative_, σταθεῖσα τῷ τεκόντι π. [prev. author] “IA” 1551; τοῖς πολεμίοις π. προσέρχομαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.234d.)]
II.2 with the Article, ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν) one's neighbour, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 221, 611, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 996 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267a25, etc.; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ γείτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b; τοὺς μάλιστα π. ἑαυτῶν [prev. author] “Ap.” 25d)]; Doric dialect, ὁ πλατίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.28, 10.3: with Substantives, ταῖς π. κλίναις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315d)]; ὁ π. παράδεισος, αἱ π. κῶμαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.16, 3.4.9, etc.)]
III superlative -αίτατος [Refs ([prev. work] 1.10.5, 7.3.29. _comparative_)] adverb -αιτέρω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; -αίτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.23)]: superlative -αίτατα[Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.46)]: later comparative -έστερος[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 441.14)]. adverb -έστερον[LXX+4th c.AD+ (LXX.4Mac.12.3, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.12a.)]—The adjective is poetry and Ionic dialect; in Attic dialect Prose only the adverb is found.
Boeotian dialect πλᾱτίος [Refs (“Rev.Ét.Gr.” 10.29 (from Thespiae))]: (πέλας, πελάζω):— near, close to, with genitive, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.249; πλησίαι ἀλλήλων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.71.)]
2 with dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.732, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.149, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 761.)]
3 absolutely, near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γ᾽ ἥσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.21; uncertain reading in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 195; οἱ π. γύαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 58; τῶν πλησίων ἱερῶν “OGI” 736.5 (from Egypt))]: substantive, neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.271, etc.; οἱ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 471, etc.)]
II adverb πλησίον, Aeolic dialect πλάσιον [ᾱ] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.3, “Supp.” 6.1)]; Doric dialect πλᾱτίον: ={πέλας}, near, hard by, with genitive, τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.115, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.14; Σωφροσύνας πλατίον οἰκεῖ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 101, compare “IG” 42(1).123.15 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; κεῖται στενωποῦ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 366; στῆθι π. πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1076; στρατοπεδεύεσθαι π. τινῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.111; ὁρῶ δέ σ᾽ ἤδη τοῦδε π. κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1439; π. παρῆσθα κινδύνων ἐμοί [prev. author] “Or.” 1159: with _dative_, σταθεῖσα τῷ τεκόντι π. [prev. author] “IA” 1551; τοῖς πολεμίοις π. προσέρχομαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.234d.)]
II.2 with the Article, ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν) one's neighbour, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 221, 611, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 996 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267a25, etc.; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ γείτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b; τοὺς μάλιστα π. ἑαυτῶν [prev. author] “Ap.” 25d)]; Doric dialect, ὁ πλατίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.28, 10.3: with Substantives, ταῖς π. κλίναις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315d)]; ὁ π. παράδεισος, αἱ π. κῶμαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.16, 3.4.9, etc.)]
III superlative -αίτατος [Refs ([prev. work] 1.10.5, 7.3.29. _comparative_)] adverb -αιτέρω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; -αίτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.23)]: superlative -αίτατα[Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.46)]: later comparative -έστερος[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 441.14)]. adverb -έστερον[LXX+4th c.AD+ (LXX.4Mac.12.3, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.12a.)]—The adjective is poetry and Ionic dialect; in Attic dialect Prose only the adverb is found.