Samaritan
ΣαμαρείτηςStrong’s G4541Samareitēs
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Samareitēs is the Greek word usually translated “samaritan” and “samaritans”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:”
Meaning
Usually translated “samaritan” and “samaritans”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a samaritan 3
- samaritans 3
- of samaritans 1
- of the samaritans 1
- with samaritans 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Luke 3
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 9:52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
- Luke 10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
- Luke 17:16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
- John 4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
- John 4:39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
- John 4:40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
Greek dictionary
Σαμαρείτης Samareitēs · Samaritan
Σαμαρείτης (-ίτης, Τ; see WH, App., 154; BI., § 3, 4), -ον, ό, a Samaritan, i.e. an inhabitant of the city or the region of Samaria, in NT always the latter (see: Σαμαρία): Mat.10:5, Luk.9:52 10:33 17:16, Jhn.4:9, 39-40, Act.8:25; as an opprobrious epithet, Jhn.8:48.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “samaritan” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SAMAR'ITAN, adjective
- Pertaining to Samaria, the principal city of the ten tribes of Israel, belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, and after the captivity of those tribes, repeopled by Cuthites from Assyria or Chaldea.
- Denoting the ancient characters and alphabet used by the Hebrews.
All definitions and other forms of “samaritan”
SAMAR'ITAN, noun
- An inhabitant of Samaria, or one that belonged to the sect which derived their appellation from that city.
- The language of Samaria, a dialect of the Chaldean.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.