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plēsion G4139

πλησίον (plēsion) means “near/neighbor” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πλησίον Greek · G4139 17 tagged occurrences in 17 verses

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Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4139

πλησίον · plēsion · near/neighbor

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

near, nearby, a neighbor.

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How translators render G4139

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
neighbor 15
a neighbor 1
near 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
neighbour 14
near 1
to his neighbour 1

Verses containing G4139

Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 5:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

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  2. Matthew 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  3. Matthew 22:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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  4. Mark 12:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  5. Mark 12:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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  6. Luke 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’”

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  7. Luke 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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  8. Luke 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

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  9. John 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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  10. Acts 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  11. Romans 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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  12. Romans 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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  13. Romans 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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  14. Galatians 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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  15. Ephesians 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

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  16. James 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  17. James 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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