samaritan

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Sa=mar=i=tan
• COUNT in NET: 10 in 9 verses (in NT : 10 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

samaritan, a. [L. Samaritanus.].

 Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

samaritan, n. & adj.
--n.
1 (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke 10:33 etc.).
2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face.
3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan .
4 the language of this people.
5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch.
--adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans.

Idiom

Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters.

Derivative

Samaritanism n.

Etymology

LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria

THESAURUS

samaritan

aid, aider, assister, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, good Samaritan, good person, help, helper, helping hand, jack-at-a-pinch, ministering angel, ministrant, patron, succorer