samaritan
IPA: sʌmˈɛrɪtʌn
noun
- a Good Samaritan
- A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.
- A charitable person, one who helps others (from the Bible story in Luke 10:30–37).
- (UK) A person who works for the Samaritans telephone helpline, taking calls from suicidal members of the public.
- The ancient language of Samaria: a dialect of Hebrew.
adjective
- Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.
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Examples of "samaritan" in Sentences
- Samaritan culture and history b.
- Because he's just a good Samaritan.
- The Samaritans in turn hated the Jews.
- The Samaritans were impure Israelites.
- Samaritans appear elsewhere in the Gospels.
- The Samaritan Patrol will try to prevent that.
- The victim was not the neighbor to the Samaritan.
- Good Samaritan provisions are not universal in application.
- Samaria, the homeland of the Samaritans, is in the holy land.
- It is used in the reading tradition of the Samaritan Pentateuch.