πλησίος, -α, -ον

(πέλας, near),

near, close by, neighbouring. As adv. πλησίον = πέλας, near: with genitive, Jhn.4:5; with art. ὁ π. one's neigh­bour

[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ ]:

Luk.10:29, 36, Act.7:27, Rom.13:10 15:2, Eph.4:25, Jas.4:12; ἀγαπήσεις τὸν π. σου ὡς σεαυτόν (Lev.19:18, LXX), Mat.5:43 19:19 22:39, Mrk.12:31, 33, Luk.10:27, Rom.13:9, Gal.5:14, Jas.2:8 (on the various senses of ὁ π. in OT, NT, see DB, iii, 511; DCC, ii, 240 f.).†

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