γείτωνgeítōn

a neighbour (as adjoining one's ground); by implication, a friend

Greek (New Testament) · G1069

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Luke 14:12 Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.
  • Luke 15:6 When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
  • Luke 15:9 And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’
  • John 9:8 His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.