Word

πλησίον

plēsíon · G4139 · Greek · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

quite near, nearby

A position quite close to another position, with the possible implication of being contiguous

Examples
John 4:5 So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
neighbor, brother

A person who lives close beside others and who thus by implication is a part of a so-called in-group, that is, the group with which an individual identifies both ethnically and culturally

Examples
Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’
Matthew 19:19 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Matthew 22:39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

11 occurrences in 4 groups

σύyou 8
ἐγώI, we 1
ἐμπίπτωto fall into 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What is done to itIt is the object

12 occurrences in 6 groups

ἀγαπάωto love 8
ἔπωto say 1
κρίνωto judge 1
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
ἀρέσκωto please 1
ἀδικέωto harm 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐργάζομαιto work 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μετάwith, after 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

γείτων geítōn · G1069 · neighbor, brother: πλησίον is the broader term for one's neighbor or fellow human being, while γείτων denotes the narrower, more concrete sense of a person whose property adjoins one's own. γείτων names a specific instance of the wider concept πλησίον expresses.

In the other Testament 2 words

רֵעַ rêaʻ · H7453 · shouting, loud crying, thunder: רֵעַ (rêaʻ, H7453) רֵעַ is the primary Hebrew term for 'neighbor/fellow/companion' that πλησίον (plēsíon, G4139) πλησίον translates in LXX contexts, sharing the core semantic range of proximate social relationship (neighbor, friend, fellow member of community).
עָמִית ʻâmîyth · H5997 · neighbor, fellow-citizen: Greek πλησίον and Hebrew עָמִית both denote a fellow member of one's community, a neighbor or associate; πλησίον serves as the standard Greek rendering of עָמִית in the Septuagint.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Neighbor, brother11.89: πλησίον, used substantivally, names a fellow member of one's community, most famously in the second great commandment. Matthew records this commandment: “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy’” (Matthew 5:43).
Quite near, nearby83.27: The same word can also function adverbially to describe physical proximity. John's account of the Samaritan woman describes the location of Jacob's well: “So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph” (John 4:5).

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πλησίονplēsíon · G4139παραπλήσιον paraplḗsion · G3897 · very similar, closely resembling, almost the same as · 1×παραπλησίως paraplēsíōs · G3898 · very similar, closely resembling, almost the same as · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (neuter of the adjective πλησίος, πλησια, πλησίον), adverb, from Homer down, near: with a…

(neuter of the adjective πλησίος, πλησια, πλησίον), adverb, from Homer down, near: with a genitive of place (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), Jn 4:5; with the article, ὁ πλησίον namely, ὤν (cf. Buttmann, § 125, 10; Winers Grammar, 24) (the Sept. very often for רֵעַ; sometimes for עָמִית), properly, Latinproximus (so Vulg. in the N. T.), a neighbor; i. e.
a. friend: Mt 5:43.
b. any other person, and where two are concerned the other (thy fellow-man, thy neighbor) i. e., according to the O. T. and Jewish conception, a member of the Hebrew race and commonwealth: Acts 7:27; and Rec. in Heb 8:11; according to the teaching of Christ, any other man irrespective of race or religion with whom we live or whom we chance to meet (which idea is clearly brought out in the parable Lk 10:25-37): Mt 19:19; Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31, Mk 12:33; Lk 10:27; Rom 13:9, Rom 13:10; (); Gal 5:14; Eph 4:25; Jas 2:8 and L T Tr WH in ; πλησίον εἶναι τίνος, to be near one (one's neighbor), i. e. in a passive sense, worthy to be regarded as a friend and companion, Lk 10:29; actively, to perform the offices of a friend and companion, Lk 10:36; (on the omission of the article in the last two examples see Buttmann, § 129, 11; Winer's Grammar, § 19 at the end).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Socio-Political16 occurrences At, Beside, Near, Far1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0