Good Samaritan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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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.
Meanings
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(figuratively, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
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 […]
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride.
2022, Keith Bryant, Bluefire - Fight Back or Perish: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, […]
1941 February 17, Henry Luce, “The American Century”, in LIFE, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (47)
cy Samariad Trugarog (subject of the parable) · ko 착한 사마리아인 (subject of the parable) · is hjálpsamur (kind person) · sv barmhärtig samarit (kind person) · sv barmhärtig samarier (kind person) · es buen samaritano (kind person) · nb den barmhjertige samaritan (subject of the parable) · hy բարի սամարացի (kind person) · ru до́брый самаритя́нин (subject of the parable) · th ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดี (subject of the parable) · pl Dobry Samarytanin (kind person) · de barmherziger Samariter (subject of the parable) · cmn 善良的人 (kind person) · fr Bon Samaritain (subject of the parable) · lt gerasis samarietis (subject of the parable) · he הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב (subject of the parable) · nn den miskunnsame samaritanen (subject of the parable) · ru до́брый самаритя́нин (kind person) · es Buen Samaritano (subject of the parable) · is fórnfús (kind person) · hi दयालु सामरी (subject of the parable) · cmn 好撒玛利亚人 (subject of the parable) · ja 憐れみ深い人 (kind person) · nb barmhjertig samaritan (kind person) · ka კეთილი სამარიტელი (subject of the parable) · ja 善きサマリア人 (subject of the parable) · eo bona samariano (kind person) · ka კეთილი სამარიტელი (kind person) · fi laupias samarialainen (kind person) · da barmhjertige samaritaner (subject of the parable) · scn bon'arma (kind person) · nl Barmhartige Samaritaan (subject of the parable) · hy բարի սամարացի (subject of the parable) · ht Bon Samariten (subject of the parable) · mt Ħanin Samaritan (subject of the parable) · ur نیک دل انسان (kind person) · fi laupias samarialainen (subject of the parable) · pl Dobry Samarytanin (subject of the parable) · scn bonu samaritanu (subject of the parable) · th พลเมืองดี (kind person) · pt bom samaritano (subject of the parable) · ga Samárach Maith (subject of the parable) · cy Samariad Trugarog (kind person) · is miskunnsami Samverjinn (subject of the parable) · eo bona samariano (subject of the parable) · pt bom samaritano (kind person) · fr Bon Samaritain (kind person)