"Good Samaritan" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Good Samaritan [canonical]
Etymology: From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others. Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Good Samaritan}} the Good Samaritan
  1. (biblical) The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others. Categories (topical): Bible, People
    Sense id: en-Good_Samaritan-en-name-YBo-Rnxn Disambiguation of People: 70 30 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Noun

Forms: Good Samaritans [plural]
Etymology: From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Good Samaritan (plural Good Samaritans)
  1. (figurative, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Derived forms: Good Samaritan law Translations (kind person): բարի սամարացի (bari samaracʻi) (Armenian), 善良的人 (Chinese Mandarin), bona samariano (Esperanto), laupias samarialainen (Finnish), Bon Samaritain [masculine] (French), კეთილი სამარიტელი (ḳetili samariṭeli) (Georgian), fórnfús (Icelandic), hjálpsamur (Icelandic), 憐れみ深い人 (awaremi fukai-jin) (alt: あわれみふかいじん) (Japanese), barmhjertig samaritan (Norwegian Bokmål), Dobry Samarytanin [masculine] (Polish), bom samaritano [masculine] (Portuguese), до́брый самаритя́нин (dóbryj samaritjánin) [masculine] (Russian), bon'arma [feminine] (Sicilian), buen samaritano [masculine] (Spanish), barmhärtig samarit [common-gender] (Swedish), พลเมืองดี (Thai) Translations (subject of the parable): բարի սամարացի (bari samaracʻi) (Armenian), 好撒玛利亚人 (hǎo sāmǎlìyǎrén) (Chinese Mandarin), barmhjertige samaritaner [common-gender] (Danish), Barmhartige Samaritaan (Dutch), bona samariano (Esperanto), laupias samarialainen (Finnish), Bon Samaritain [masculine] (French), კეთილი სამარიტელი (ḳetili samariṭeli) (Georgian), barmherziger Samariter [masculine] (German), Bon Samariten (Haitian Creole), הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב (hashomronì hatóv) [masculine] (Hebrew), miskunnsami Samverjinn [masculine] (Icelandic), Samárach Maith [masculine] (Irish), den barmhjertige samaritan (Norwegian Bokmål), den miskunnsame samaritanen (Norwegian Nynorsk), Dobry Samarytanin (Polish), bom samaritano [masculine] (Portuguese), до́брый самаритя́нин (dóbryj samaritjánin) [masculine] (Russian), bonu samaritanu [masculine] (Sicilian), Buen Samaritano [masculine] (Spanish), ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดี (Thai)
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          "Robert Barker",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Good Samaritan"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from the Bible",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Good Samaritan law"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Good Samaritans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Good Samaritan (plural Good Samaritans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941 February 17, Henry Luce, “The American Century”, in LIFE, page 65:",
          "text": "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, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Keith Bryant, Bluefire - Fight Back or Perish:",
          "text": "Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bari samaracʻi",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "բարի սամարացի"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎo sāmǎlìyǎrén",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "好撒玛利亚人"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "barmhjertige samaritaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "Barmhartige Samaritaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "Barmhartige Samaritaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "bona samariano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "laupias samarialainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bon Samaritain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳetili samariṭeli",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "კეთილი სამარიტელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barmherziger Samariter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "Bon Samariten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hashomronì hatóv",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miskunnsami Samverjinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samárach Maith"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "den barmhjertige samaritan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "den miskunnsame samaritanen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "Dobry Samarytanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bom samaritano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóbryj samaritjánin",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́брый самаритя́нин"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bonu samaritanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Buen Samaritano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "(in older translations) den barmhärtige samariten c",
      "sense": "subject of the parable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "(in newer translations) den barmhärtige samariern c",
      "sense": "subject of the parable"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "subject of the parable",
      "word": "ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดี"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bari samaracʻi",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "բարի սամարացի"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "善良的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "bona samariano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "laupias samarialainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bon Samaritain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳetili samariṭeli",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "კეთილი სამარიტელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "fórnfús"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "hjálpsamur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あわれみふかいじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "awaremi fukai-jin",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "憐れみ深い人"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "barmhjertig samaritan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dobry Samarytanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bom samaritano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóbryj samaritjánin",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́брый самаритя́нин"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bon'arma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buen samaritano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "barmhärtig samarit"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "kind person",
      "word": "พลเมืองดี"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Good Samaritan"
}

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