Meanings
- biblicalThe subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
plural Good Samaritans
- figurativelyidiomaticA person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
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 Perish2 more examples
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 65A 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 [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 好撒玛利亚人, 善良的人
- 好撒玛利亚人 (hǎo sāmǎlìyǎrén)subject of the parable
- 善良的人kind person
Danish barmhjertige samaritaner
- barmhjertige samaritanersubject of the parable
Dutch Barmhartige Samaritaan
- Barmhartige Samaritaansubject of the parable
Esperanto bona samariano, bona samariano
- bona samarianosubject of the parable
- bona samarianokind person
Finnish laupias samarialainen, laupias samarialainen
- laupias samarialainensubject of the parable
- laupias samarialainenkind person
French Bon Samaritain, Bon Samaritain
- Bon Samaritainsubject of the parable
- Bon Samaritainkind person
German barmherziger Samariter
- barmherziger Samaritersubject of the parable
Hebrew הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב
- הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִי הַטּוֹב (hashomronì hatóv)subject of the parable
Hindi दयालु सामरी
- दयालु सामरी (dayālu sāmrī)subject of the parable
Icelandic miskunnsami Samverjinn, fórnfús
- miskunnsami Samverjinnsubject of the parable
- fórnfúskind person
- hjálpsamurkind person
Irish Samárach Maith
- Samárach Maithsubject of the parable
Japanese 善きサマリア人, 憐れみ深い人
- 善きサマリア人 (Yoki Samaria-bito)subject of the parable
- 憐れみ深い人 (awaremi-bukai hito)kind person
Korean 착한 사마리아인
- 착한 사마리아인 (chakhan samariain)subject of the parable
Lithuanian gerasis samarietis
- gerasis samarietissubject of the parable
Norwegian Bokmål den barmhjertige samaritan, barmhjertig samaritan
- den barmhjertige samaritansubject of the parable
- barmhjertig samaritankind person
Polish Dobry Samarytanin, Dobry Samarytanin
- Dobry Samarytaninsubject of the parable
- Dobry Samarytaninkind person
Portuguese bom samaritano, bom samaritano
- bom samaritanosubject of the parable
- bom samaritanokind person
Russian до́брый самаритя́нин, до́брый самаритя́нин
- до́брый самаритя́нин (dóbryj samaritjánin)subject of the parable
- до́брый самаритя́нин (dóbryj samaritjánin)kind person
Spanish Buen Samaritano, buen samaritano
- Buen Samaritanosubject of the parable
- buen samaritanokind person
Swedish barmhärtig samarit, barmhärtig samarier
- barmhärtig samaritkind person
- barmhärtig samarierkind person
Thai ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดี, พลเมืองดี
- ชาวสะมาเรียผู้ใจดีsubject of the parable
- พลเมืองดีkind person
Urdu نیک دل انسان
- نیک دل انسان (nek dil insān)kind person
Welsh Samariad Trugarog, Samariad Trugarog
- Samariad Trugarogsubject of the parable
- Samariad Trugarogkind person
Cite this entry
Good Samaritan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Good%20Samaritan
“Good Samaritan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Good%20Samaritan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Good Samaritan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Good%20Samaritan.
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