Définitions du dictionnaire biblique pour : "Neighbor"

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Neighbor

<1,,1069,geiton> lit., "one living in the same land," denotes "a neighbor," always plural in the NT, Luke 14:12; 15:6,9; John 9:8.
<2,,4040,perioikos> an adjective, lit., "dwelling around"), is used as a noun in Luke 1:58, "neighbors."
<3,,4139,plesion> the neuter of the adjective plesios (from pelas, "near"), is used as an adverb accompanied by the article, lit., "the (one) near;" hence, one's "neighbor;" see refs. below.
This and Nos. 1 and 2 have a wider range of meaning than that of the Eng. word "neighbor." There were no farmhouses scattered over the agricultural areas of Palestine; the populations, gathered in villages, went to and fro to their toil. Hence domestic life was touched at every point by a wide circle of neighborhood. The terms for neighbor were therefore of a very comprehensive scope. This may be seen from the chief characteristics of the privileges and duties of neighborhood as set forth in Scripture, (a) its helpfulness, e.g, Prov. 27:10; Luke 10:36; (b) its intimacy, e.g., Luke 15:6,9 (see No. 1); Heb. 8:11; (c) its sincerity and sancitity, e.g., Ex. 22:7,10; Prov. 3:29; 14:21; Rom. 13:10; 15:2; Eph. 4:25; Jas. 4:12. The NT quotes and expands the command in Lev. 19:18, "to love one's neighbor as oneself;" see, e.g., Matt. 5:43; 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31,33; Luke 10:27; Gal. 5:14; Jas. 2:8. See also Acts 7:27.
Note: In Rom. 13:8, for hetron, "another," RV has "his neighbor."

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