Samaria
ΣαμαρεῖτιςStrong’s G4542Samareitis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Samareitis is the Greek word usually translated “samaritan”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Then 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “samaritan”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- samaritan 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
Σαμαρεῖτις Samareitis · Samaria
Σαμαρεῖτις (-ῖτις, T, see supr.), -ιδος, ἡ 1. in FlJ (B.J., i, 21, 2, al.), the region of Samaria. 2. a Samaritan woman: Jhn.4:9.† (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.