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Good Samaritan
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Etymology
From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Good Samaritan 1
en biblical The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.Luke 10 25 37
Noun
en figurative idiomatic A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
en LIFE 17 Feb 1941 65 https://books.google.com/books?id=I0kEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA61&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q&f=false w:Henry Luce The American Century 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, and America as the powerhouse of the ideals of Freedom and Justice—out of these elements surely can be fashioned a vision of the 20th Century to which we can and will devote ourselves in joy and gladness and vigour and enthusiasm.
A man had received some sort of nervous shock that had upset his mental balance for the time being, and the good Samaritan who had come to his aid had a voice which the caller thought he recognised
en 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
en Good Samaritan law
Translations
subject of the parable
Armenian: hy բարի սամարացի
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 好撒玛利亚人 hǎo sāmǎlìyǎrén
Danish: da barmhjertige samaritaner c
Dutch: nl Barmhartige Samaritaan, nl Barmhartige Samaritaan
Esperanto: eo bona samariano
Finnish: fi laupias samarialainen
French: fr Bon Samaritain m
Georgian: ka კეთილი სამარიტელი
German: de barmherziger Samariter m
Haitian Creole: ht Bon Samariten
Hebrew: he הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב m hashomronì hatóv
Hindi: hi दयालु सामरी m
Icelandic: is miskunnsami Samverjinn m
Irish: ga Samárach Maith m
Japanese: ja 善きサマリア人 よきサマリアびと, Yoki Samaria-bito
Korean: ko 착한 사마리아인
Lithuanian: lt gerasis samarietis m
Maltese: mt Ħanin Samaritan m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb den barmhjertige samaritan
Nynorsk: nn den miskunnsame samaritanen
Polish: pl Dobry Samarytanin
Portuguese: pt bom samaritano m
Russian: ru до́брый самаритя́нин m
Sicilian: scn bonu samaritanu m
Spanish: es Buen Samaritano m
Swedish: in older translations sv barmhärtig samarit den barmhärtige samariten, in newer translations sv barmhärtig samarier den barmhärtige samariern
Thai: th ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดี
Welsh: cy Samariad Trugarog m
kind person
Armenian: hy բարի սամարացի
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 善良的人
Esperanto: eo bona samariano
Finnish: fi laupias samarialainen
French: fr Bon Samaritain m
Georgian: ka კეთილი სამარიტელი
Icelandic: is fórnfús, is hjálpsamur
Japanese: ja 憐れみ深い人 あわれみぶかいひと, awaremi-bukai hito
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb barmhjertig samaritan
Polish: pl Dobry Samarytanin m
Portuguese: pt bom samaritano m
Russian: ru до́брый самаритя́нин m
Sicilian: scn bon'arma f
Spanish: es buen samaritano m
Swedish: sv barmhärtig samarit c, sv barmhärtig samarier c
Thai: th พลเมืองดี
Urdu: ur نیک دل انسان nek dil insān
Welsh: cy Samariad Trugarog m
References
Further reading
parable of the Good Samaritan
en terms derived from the Bible
en People