Neighbor

“Neighbor” — etymology — one who dwells nigh

(I believe the Greek word in Luke 10 we translate as “neighbor” is “person who is nearby.”  The internet reliably informs me that the OT original word for “neighbor” that Jesus and the lawyer were referring to in the Good Samaritan parable is something like “someone you have a connection to”)

Here is more on our deep dive into the Good Samaritan parable.

the Good Samaritan is a story in which a Levite and a priest de-prioritize the needs of their physically close neighbor in order to do the abstract good of maintaining purity for physically non-proximate neighbors

let the reader understand

-thus LymanStoneSky, more at this link

A compelling interpretation, though still too mechanical