What does "Neighbor" mean in the Bible?
The Pharisees restricted the meaning of the word "neighbor" to those of their own nation or to their friends. Neighbor appears in 16 verses across 8 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Neighbor?
NEIGH'BOR. Luke 10:29. The Pharisees restricted the meaning of the word "neighbor" to those of their own nation or to their friends. But our Saviour informed them that all men were their neighbors, and illustrated the proposition in the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped the wounded Jew in spite of the bitter feeling existing between the Samaritans and the Jews.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Neighbor?
Greek · G4139
πλησίον
plēsion
near/neighbor
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Neighbor appear in the Bible?
Neighbor is referenced in 16 verses across 8 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 7:27
- Ephesians 4:25
- Galatians 5:14
- James 2:8
- James 4:12
- Luke 10:27
- Luke 10:29
- Luke 10:36
- Matthew 5:43
- Matthew 19:19
- Matthew 22:39
- Mark 12:31
- Mark 12:33
- Romans 13:9
- Romans 13:10
- Romans 15:2
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Neighbor.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Neighbor?
Neighbor appears in 16 verses across 8 books, most often in Luke, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Neighbor?
Luke, Matthew, Romans, James, Mark, Acts, Ephesians, Galatians.
Where can I read every verse about Neighbor?
This page lists 16 of them. Protos carries all 16, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
