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Love Thy Neighbor

One admonition I hear a lot is "but love thy neighbor." This is what the original Greek says (using the Verbum app and Strong's Concordance).

What word is used in the phrase?

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The word is πλησίον (plésion):

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

πλησίον (plésion): near, neighbor.

Neuter of a derivative of pelas (near); (adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. Fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend) – near, neighbour.