plēsion · near, neighbor

What it means

plēsion (πλησίον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “near, neighbor”.

Near; "the neighbor": the one who is near, the other person.

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. A short distance from a place.
2. The other person, whom you must love as yourself.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

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

• neighbor ×16
• near ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• John×1
• Acts×1
• Romans×3
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• James×2

• Matthew 5:43

  “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

• Matthew 19:19

  honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

• Matthew 22:39

  And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

• Mark 12:31

  The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

• Mark 12:33

  and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

• Luke 10:27

  And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

• Luke 10:29

  But he, wanting to declare himself righteous, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

• Luke 10:36

  Which of these three seems to you to have become a neighbor to the one who fell among the bandits?”

• John 4:5

  So he comes to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

• Acts 7:27

  But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

• Romans 13:9

  For: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

• Romans 13:10

  Love works no evil to the neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

• Romans 15:2

  Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building up.

• Galatians 5:14

  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

• Ephesians 4:25

  Therefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth, each one with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

• James 2:8

  If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.

• James 4:12

  There is one lawgiver and judge, the one who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?