Good Samaritan

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Good Samaritan

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From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

proper noun the Good Samaritan

  1. The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.

noun Good Samaritans

  1. figuratively, idiomatic A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature. 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, […]

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noun subject of the parable

EspañolBuen Samaritano
한국어착한 사마리아인 chakhan samariain
日本語善きサマリア人 Yoki Samaria-bito
中文好撒玛利亚人 hǎo sāmǎlìyǎrén
हिन्दीदयालु सामरी dayālu sāmrī
Portuguêsbom samaritano
FrançaisBon Samaritain
Deutschbarmherziger Samariter
Русскийдо́брый самаритя́нин dóbryj samaritjánin
עבריתהַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב hashomronì hatóv

noun kind person

Españolbuen samaritano
日本語憐れみ深い人 awaremi-bukai hito
中文善良的人
Portuguêsbom samaritano
FrançaisBon Samaritain
Русскийдо́брый самаритя́нин dóbryj samaritjánin

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@misc{good_samaritan_2026,
  title = {Good Samaritan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/good%20samaritan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}