Words the Bible translates as neighbor
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- plēsionπλησίονneighbor: any fellow human being one is called to love as oneself
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- near, close by: right next to a place
- re'aרֵעַthe other person you are associated with: a friend, a fellow member of your community, or simply the other party, with the closeness left to the setting.
- qarovקָרֹבnear: close by, whether in space, in time, in family, or in relationship
- shakhenשָׁכֵןone who dwells close by: a neighbor, or by extension an inhabitant of a place
- amitעָמִיתfellow: a member of your own community, the peer who is bound to you by the same obligations
- re'utרְעוּתneighbornot studied yet
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