Samaritan

Samaritan

See also: samaritan and samaritán

English

Etymology

From Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης (Samareítēs), from Σαμαρεία (Samareía, “Samaria”), derived from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים‎ (Šōmərôním) and שֹׁמְרוֹן‎ (Šōmərôn) respectively. Attested in Old English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈmæɹɪtən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛɹɪtən/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧mar‧i‧tan

Noun

Samaritan (plural Samaritans)

1. A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising the religious traditions originating in that region.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 62:

     Many of these despised people built a rival temple on Mount Gerizim in the central Palestinian territory known as Samaria, and hence they were called Samaritans (a word of contempt to Jews); in very reduced numbers, they still live round their sacred mountain now.

2. A charitable person, one who helps others (from the Bible story in Luke 10:30–37).
3. (UK) A person who works for the Samaritans telephone helpline, taking calls from suicidal members of the public.

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religionist; agnostic,‎ Asatruar,‎ atheist,‎ Baháʼí,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Druze,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Jucheist,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Rodnover,‎ Samaritan,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Yahwist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• Good Samaritan

Translations

a native or inhabitant of Samaria

Arabic: سَامِرِيّ‎ m (sāmiriyy) Catalan: samarità m Chinese: Cantonese: 撒馬利亞人, 撒马利亚人 (saat3 maa5 lei6 aa3 jan4) Mandarin: 撒馬利亞人／撒马利亚人 (zh) (Sāmǎlìyàrén) Coptic: ⲥⲁⲙⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ (samaritēs) Danish: samaritaner c Dutch: Samaritaan (nl) m, Samaritaanse (nl) f Finnish: samarialainen (fi) French: Samaritain (fr) m, Samaritaine (fr) f Galician: samaritano m German: Samariter (de) m, Samariterin (de) f Hebrew: שׁוֹמְרוֹנִי‎ m (shomroní) Hindi: सामिरी m (sāmirī) Italian: samaritano (it) m, samaritana f Manx: Samaaragh m Old Church Slavonic: самарѣнꙑн҄и f (samarěnynʹi), самарѣнинъ m (samarěninŭ) Polish: Samarytanin (pl) m, Samarytanka (pl) f Portuguese: samaritano (pt) m Russian: самаритя́нин (ru) m (samaritjánin), самаритя́нка (ru) f (samaritjánka) Spanish: samaritano m, samaritana f Volapük: Samaritänan m or f, hi-Samaritänan m, ji-Samaritänan f

Adjective

Samaritan (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

Translations

of or relating to Samaria or the Samaritans

Catalan: samarità Coptic: ⲥⲁⲙⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ (samaritēs) Danish: samaritansk Dutch: Samaritaans (nl) Finnish: samarialainen (fi) French: samaritain (fr) m, samaritaine (fr) f Galician: samaritano Hindi: सामिरी (sāmirī) Italian: samaritano (it) Manx: Samaaragh Polish: samarytański (pl) Portuguese: samaritano (pt) Russian: самаритя́нский (ru) (samaritjánskij) Spanish: samaritano Volapük: Samaritänik (region); Samaritänanik m or f, hi-Samaritänanik m, ji-Samaritänanik f

Proper noun

Samaritan

1. The ancient language of Samaria: a dialect of Hebrew.

Anagrams

• Sarmatian