Good Samaritan

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English

Etymology

From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

Proper noun

the Good Samaritan

  1. (biblical) The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.

Noun

Good Samaritan (plural Good Samaritans)

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
    • 1941 February 17, Henry Luce, “The American Century”, in LIFE, page 65:
      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,
    • 2022, Keith Bryant, Bluefire - Fight Back or Perish:
      Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride.

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References

  1. ^ The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , 1611, →OCLC, Luke 10:25–37.

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