γείτων, γείτονος, ὁ, ἡ (from γῆ, hence, originally 'of the same land,' of. Curtius, § 132) from Homer down, a neighbor: Luk_14:12; Luk_15:6; Luk_15:9; Joh_9:8.

γείτων geitōn 4x a neighbor, Luk_14:12 ; Luk_15:6 ; Luk_15:9 ; Joh_9:8

γείτων , -ονος , ὁ , ἡ ( < γῆ ), [in LXX chiefly for H7934 ;] a neighbour: Luk_14:12 ; Luk_15:6 ; Luk_15:9 , Joh_9:8 .†

γείτων [page 122] BGU III. 830 .21 (i/A.D.) ἐπὶ γὰρ καὶ γείτων αὐτοῦ εἰ [μ ]ί , P Oxy X. 1272 .14 (A.D. 144) ὑπόνοιαν οὖν κατὰ [τ ]ῶν γειτόνων μου , having some suspicion against my neighbours (Edd.). The adj. is very common in descriptions of locality, e. g. P Par 5 i. 8 (B.C. 114) τὸν εἰς Τάγην οἶκον . . . οὗ γείτονες· νότου οἰκία Ἁρπαήσιος , βορρᾶ ψιλοὶ τόποι κτλ ., P Oxy I. 99 .7 (A.D. 55) γείτονες τῆς ὅλη [ς οἰκίας , νότου ] καὶ ἀπηλιώτο [υ ] δημόσιαι ῥῦμαι , X. 1276 .8 (A.D. 249) τῆς δὲ ὅλης γείτονες νότου ῥύμη τυφλή , the adjacent areas of the whole are on the south a blind street (Edd.). Γειτνία and γειτνιάω are used in a similar way P Tebt I. 14 .10 (B.C. 114) γειτνίας , adjoining areas, ib. 105 .19 (B.C. 103) πλὴν τῆς γειτνιώσης τῆι Θοῶνιος , except that which adjoins the land of Thoφnis, P Saο d Khan 2 a. .8 (B.C. 22) ὅρια καὶ γειτνίαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνατολῶν κτλ . This noun may = neighbourhood, as in P Flor III. 319 .5 (A.D. 132 7) ο̣ἱ ἐν γιτνίᾳ μου ὄντες . See also Syll 929 .38 (ii/B.C.) for a verb γειτονέω . In MGr γείτονας = neighbour.

γείτων [Etym: γῆ] "one of the same land, a neighbour", Lat. vici-nus (from "vicus)", Od. ; γείτων τινός or τινί one's "neighbour", Eur. , Xen. :— ἐκ τῶν γειτόνων or ἐκ γειτόνων "from or in the neighbourhood", Ar. , Plat. ; as adj. "neighbouring", Aesch. , Soph.

γείτων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ (γῆ), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכֵן ;] a neighbour: Luk.14:12 15:6, 9 Jhn.9:8.† (AS)