Good Samaritan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Luke 10:30-37, in which a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jewish man ignored by others.
Proper noun edit
- (biblical) The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.[1]
Noun edit
Good Samaritan (plural Good Samaritans)
- (figurative, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
- 1941 February 17, Henry Luce, “The American Century”, in LIFE, page 65:
- America as the dynamic center of ever-widening spheres of enterprise, America as the training center of the skillfull servants of mankind, America as the Good Samaritan, really believing again that it is more blessed to give than to receive, […]
- 2022, Keith Bryant, Bluefire - Fight Back or Perish:
- Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
subject of the parable
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kind person
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References edit
- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Luke 10:25–37.
Further reading edit
- parable of the Good Samaritan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia