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πλησίον

Transliteration: plesion · adverb

17x in NTFirst: Matt 5:43
Meaningnear, nearby, a neighbor
Part of speechadverb
Frequency17x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsπλησίον
Example versesMatt 5:43 · Matt 19:19 · Matt 22:39 · Mark 12:31 · Mark 12:33
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What kind of word is πλησίον?

πλησίον (plesion) is a adverb that occurs 17 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “near, nearby, a neighbor” and first appears in Matt 5:43.

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