Samareitēs · Samaritan

What it means

Samareitēs (Σαμαρείτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Samaritan”.

An inhabitant of Samaria, at odds with the Jews.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. An inhabitant of Samaria, a neighboring people at odds with the Jews.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Samaritans ×6
• Samaritan ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×3
• John×4
• Acts×1

• Matthew 10:5

  These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, saying, “Do not go off onto a road of the nations, and do not enter into a town of Samaritans;

• Luke 9:52

  And he sent messengers ahead of him. And they went and entered into a village of Samaritans to prepare for him.

• Luke 10:33

  But a certain Samaritan, traveling, came to him; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.

• Luke 17:16

  and he fell on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan.

• John 4:9

  So the Samaritan woman says to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, who am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

• John 4:39

  And many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”

• John 4:40

  So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

• John 8:48

  The Jews answered and said to him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

• Acts 8:25

  So they, after testifying solemnly and speaking the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and they were announcing the good news in many villages of the Samaritans.