G4541 G4541
A Samaritan; a person from the region of Samaria, viewed by Jews as ethnically and religiously distinct.
Identifies a person from Samaria, the region between Judea and Galilee whose inhabitants were regarded by Jews as religiously compromised and ethnically mixed due to the Assyrian resettlement centuries earlier. Jesus' interactions with Samaritans are among the most boundary-breaking moments in the Gospels: the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:33), the grateful Samaritan leper (Luke 17:16), and the extended conversation at Jacob's well (John 4:9, 39, 40). The word carries heavy social freight — 'Jews have no dealings with Samaritans' (John 4:9) — making every positive mention a deliberate challenge to ethnic and religious exclusion.
Senses
1. Samaritan (person from Samaria) — A person from Samaria, the central Palestinian region whose inhabitants were considered by mainstream Judaism to be ethnically and religiously impure — a gentilic noun loaded with social and theological significance. Jesus' command not to enter Samaritan towns (Matt 10:5) reflects the standard Jewish posture, but his subsequent actions subvert it: the Good Samaritan becomes the model of neighborly love (Luke 10:33), a Samaritan leper alone returns to give thanks (Luke 17:16), and a Samaritan woman becomes the first evangelist to her village (John 4:9, 39). Spanish 'Samaritanos,' French 'Samaritain,' and German 'Samariter' all transliterate rather than translate, preserving the ethnic-geographic specificity that makes the word's boundary-crossing NT usage so powerful. 9×
AR["-السَّامِرِيِّينَ", "السَامِرِيِّينَ", "السَّامِرِيينَ", "السّامِرِيّينَ", "سامِريّينَ", "سامِرِيًّا", "سامِرِيٌّ", "سامِرِيّ", "سَامِرِيُّونَ"]·ben["শমরীয়", "শমরীয়দের", "শমরীয়দের-সঙ্গে", "শমরীয়রা"]·DE["Samariter", "Σαμαρίτης", "Σαμαριτῶν"]·EN["Samaritai", "Samaritans", "Samaritēs", "a-Samaritēs", "of-Samaritai", "with-Samaritai"]·FR["Samaritain"]·heb["שׁוֹמְרוֹנִי", "שׁוֹמְרוֹנִים"]·HI["सामरियों", "सामरियों-का", "सामरियों-के", "सामरियों-ने,", "सामरियों-से।", "सामरी", "सामरी,", "सामरी।"]·ID["Orang-Samaria", "orang-Samaria", "orang-Samaria,", "orang-Samaria."]·IT["Samaritano"]·jav["tiyang-Samaria", "tiyang-Samaria,", "tiyang-Samaria."]·KO["사마리아-사람들-의", "사마리아인", "사마리아인들-과", "사마리아인들-중", "사마리아인들의", "사마리아인들이", "사마리아인이", "사마리아인이었다"]·PT["de-samaritanos", "samaritano", "samaritanos", "samaritanos,", "samaritanos."]·RU["Самарян", "Самаряне", "Самарянин", "Самарянский", "с-Самарянами", "самарян"]·ES["-Samarítai", "-a-Samarítai", "Samaritanos", "Samaritēs", "Samarítai", "Samarítas", "Un-samaritano", "de-Samaritänṓn", "de-Samaritôn"]·SW["Msamaria", "Wasamaria", "cha-Wasamaria", "wa-Wasamaria"]·TR["Samerilerin,", "Samiriyeli", "Samiriyeliler", "Samiriyeliler'in", "Samiriyeliler'le", "Samiriyelilerin", "Samiriyelisin", "Samiryelilerin"]·urd["سامری", "سامریوں", "سامریوں-کے", "مانگتے-تھے", "یہودی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
a Samaritan , Refs 1st c.AD, etc.;feminine -εῖτις, ιδος, Refs 1st c.AD (Middle Liddel)