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Strong's G4139 πλησίον (plesion)

Plesion means “near” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4139 — mulah (“circumcision”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4139
Language Greek
Linked Usages 213
Books 48

Strong's G4139 Quick Answer

Strong's G4139 πλησίον (plesion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. plesion (play-see'-on) adv. 1. (adverbially) close by 2. (as noun) a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend) It has 213 linked Bible usages across 48 books. Visible English usage signals include neighbor, man, shalt, every, and lord. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
plesion (play-see'-on) adv. 1. (adverbially) close by 2. (as noun) a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend)
Usage
213 linked usages
Books
48 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
neighbor, man, shalt, every, and lord

Meaning and Definition

plesion (play-see'-on) adv. 1. (adverbially) close by 2. (as noun) a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend) [neuter of a derivative of pelas (near)] KJV: near, neighbour

Original Word
πλησίον
Transliteration
plesion
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4139. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

near/neighbor

Usage: 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)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

neighbor man shalt every lord against nor said god thee house behold

How Strong's G4139 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 143 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4139 (πλησίον) appears 211 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4139 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4139 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G4139 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

143 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 11:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.

Genesis 11:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.

Genesis 26:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

Strong's G4139 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

52 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G4139 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4139.

Genesis 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.
Genesis 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.
Genesis 26:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.
Exodus 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the injurer, Wherefore smitest thou thy neighbor?
Exodus 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak therefore secretly in the ears of the people, and let every one ask of his neighbor jewels of silver and gold, and raiment.
Exodus 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him—as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.
Exodus 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Exodus 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
Exodus 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
Exodus 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
Exodus 21:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if any man’s bull gore the bull of his neighbor, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
Exodus 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone give to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief be found, he shall repay double.
Exodus 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbor’s deposit,
Exodus 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double.
Exodus 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone give to his neighbor to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know,
Exodus 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbor’s deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.
Exodus 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.
Exodus 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou take thy neighbor’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.
Exodus 32:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbor, and every one him that is nearest to him.
Exodus 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let no one go up with thee, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain.
Leviticus 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbor in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbor,
Leviticus 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbor.
Leviticus 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not injure thy neighbor, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.
Leviticus 19:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbor, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.
Leviticus 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy hand shall not avenge thee; and thou shalt not be angry with the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatever man shall commit adultery with the wife of a man, or whoever shall commit adultery with the wife of his neighbor, let them die the death, the adulterer and the adulteress.
Leviticus 24:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbor, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;
Leviticus 25:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou shouldest sell a possession to thy neighbor, or if thou shouldest buy of thy neighbor, let not a man oppress his neighbor.
Leviticus 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According to the number of years after the jubilee shalt thou buy of thy neighbor, according to the number of years of the fruits shall he sell to thee.
Leviticus 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not a man oppress his neighbor, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.
Numbers 33:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor near the land of Edom.
Deuteronomy 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert toward the west near the Red Sea, between Paran Tophel, and Laban, and Aulon, and the gold works.
Deuteronomy 4:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that the slayer might flee thither, who should have slain his neighbor unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
Deuteronomy 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Deuteronomy 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Deuteronomy 11:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Canaan, which lies westward near Gilgal, by the high oak?
Deuteronomy 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is the ordinance of the release: thou shalt remit every private debt which thy neighbor owes thee, and thou shalt not ask payment of it from thy brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee thither, and shall live, whosoever shall have smitten his neighbor ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
Deuteronomy 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall enter with his neighbor into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbor, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
Deuteronomy 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if there should be in thee a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbor, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Deuteronomy 22:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbor’s spouse: so shalt thou remove the evil one from yourselves.
Deuteronomy 22:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbor, and slay him, so is this thing;
Deuteronomy 23:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou shouldest go into the corn field of thy neighbor, then thou mayest gather the ears with thy hands; but thou shalt not put the sickle to thy neighbor’s corn.
Deuteronomy 23:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou shouldest go into the vineyard of thy neighbor, thou shalt eat grapes sufficient to satisfy thy desire; but thou mayest not put them into a vessel.
Deuteronomy 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thy neighbor owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
Deuteronomy 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that removes his neighbor’s landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that smites his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Joshua 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The king of Jericho, and the king of Ai, which is near Bethel;
Joshua 15:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from Ekron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.
Joshua 19:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And westward of Jarkon the border was near to Joppa.
Judges 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a man said to his neighbor, Who has done this thing? and they inquired and searched, and learned that Gideon the son of Joash had done this thing.
Judges 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came, and behold a man was relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
Judges 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his neighbor answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel: God has delivered Midian and all the host into his hand.
Judges 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man’s sword in all the host against his neighbor.
Judges 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people the princes of Gilead said every man to his neighbor, Who is he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Gilead.
Ruth 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbor; and Boaz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Ruth 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in Israel.
1 Kingdoms 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all that had known him before came, and saw, and, behold, he was in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbor, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 14:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul went up and all the people that were with him, and they come to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his neighbor, a very great confusion.
1 Kingdoms 15:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has rent thy kingdom from Israel out of thy hand this day, and will give it to thy neighbor who is better than thou.
1 Kingdoms 20:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the lad went in, then David arose from the ergab, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.
1 Kingdoms 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbor?
1 Kingdoms 28:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbor David,
1 Kingdoms 30:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David came to Ziklag, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Behold some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;
2 Kingdoms 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they seized every one the head of his neighbor with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbor, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gibeon.
2 Kingdoms 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
2 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
3 Kingdoms 8:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatsoever trespasses anyone shall commit against his neighbor—and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,
3 Kingdoms 21:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray. And the man would not smite him.
4 Kingdoms 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, This is the blood of the sword; and the kings have fought, and each man has smitten his neighbor; now then to the spoils, Moab.
4 Kingdoms 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbor, Why sit we here until we die?
4 Kingdoms 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one man said to his neighbor, We are not doing well thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now then come, and let us go into the city, and report to the house of the king.
1 Chronicles 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David inquired of God again; and God said to him, Thou shalt not go after them; turn away from them, and thou shalt come upon them near the pear trees.
2 Chronicles 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man sin against his neighbor, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear before the altar in this house;
Esther 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbor.
Job 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, Even as the son of man with his neighbor!
Psalms 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbor: Their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
Psalms 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who has not spoken craftily with his tongue, Neither has done evil to his neighbor, Nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.
Psalms 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, But he honors them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not.
Psalms 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, Nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
Psalms 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Draw not away my soul with sinners, And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, But evils are in their hearts.
Psalms 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I behaved agreeably toward them as if it had been our neighbor or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
Psalms 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; And my nearest of kin stood afar off.
Psalms 44:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in embroidered clothing: Virgins shall be brought to the king after her: Her fellows shall be brought to thee.
Psalms 87:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast put far from me every friend, And mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.
Psalms 100:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from me: He that is proud in look and insatiable in heart—with him I have not eaten.
Psalms 121:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.
Proverbs 33:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have likened thee, my companion, To my horses in the chariots of Pharaoh.
Song of Solomon 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, thou art fair, my companion; Behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.
Song of Solomon 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a lily among thorns, So is my companion among the daughters.
Song of Solomon 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
Song of Solomon 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fig tree has put forth its young figs, The vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: Arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
Song of Solomon 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, thou art fair, my companion; Behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves, Beside thy veil: Thy hair is as flocks of goats, That have appeared from Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art all fair, my companion, And there is no spot in thee.
Song of Solomon 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I sleep, but my heart is awake: The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, My dove, my perfect one: For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Solomon 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, And this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, Beautiful as Jerusalem, Terrible as armies set in array.
Isaiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable.
Isaiah 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor’s: will ye dwell alone upon the land?
Isaiah 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law.
Isaiah 41:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,
Jeremiah 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.
Jeremiah 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring weakness upon this people, and the fathers and sons shall be weak together; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if ye thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;
Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Beware ye each of his neighbor, and trust ye not in your brethren: for everyone will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.
Jeremiah 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in himself retains enmity.
Jeremiah 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now, ye women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and every woman her neighbor a dirge.
Jeremiah 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbor in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.
Jeremiah 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
Jeremiah 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbor for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
Jeremiah 23:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who devise that men may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name in the worship of Baal.
Jeremiah 23:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, saith the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
Jeremiah 23:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
Jeremiah 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy multitude has fainted and fallen; and each one said to his neighbor, Let us arise, and return into our country to our people, from the Grecian sword.
Jeremiah 41:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every one the release of his neighbor; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in the house whereon my name is called.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4139, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 26 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4139 FAQ

What does plesion (πλησίον) mean?

Plesion (Strong's G4139) is a Greek word most simply glossed "near". plesion (play-see'-on) adv. 1. (adverbially) close by 2. (as noun) a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend)

How many times is plesion (πλησίον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 213 linked usages for Strong's G4139 across 48 books.

Where can I study plesion (πλησίον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4139 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate plesion (πλησίον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as neighbor, man, shalt, every, lord, and against. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4139 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 143 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 52 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4139, with linked reader references where each row is available.