near/neighbor
Morphhology:
Greek, Preposition
Definition:
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.). (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Preposition
Definition:
πλήσι-ος, α, ον,
Boeotian dialect πλᾱτίος [
Refs]: (πέλας, πελάζω):—
near, close to, with
genitive, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων variant in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2) with
dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3)
absolutely,
near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γ᾽ ἥσθην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
substantive,
neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II)
adverb πλησίον,
Aeolic dialect πλάσιον [ᾱ] [
Refs 7th c.BC+];
Doric dialect πλᾱτίον: ={πέλας},
near, hard by, with
genitive, τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεῖται στενωποῦ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) with the
Article, ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν)
one's neighbour, [
Refs 6th c.BC+];
Doric dialect, ὁ πλατίον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. παράδεισος, αἱ π. κῶμαι, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
superlative -αίτατος [
Refs]
adverb -αιτέρω[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
-αίτερον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -αίτατα[
Refs]: later
comparative -έστερος[
Refs 6th c.AD+].
adverb -έστερον[
LXX+4th c.AD+]—The
adjective is
poetry and
Ionic dialect; in
Attic dialect Prose only the
adverb is found.
Pronounciation:
play-see'-on
Definition:
(adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend); near, neighbour; neuter of a derivative of (near);