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Samaritan
good Samaritan
A person who selflessly helps others, especially those in distress. Taken from a parable in the Bible in which a Samaritan man was the only person who stopped to help a man who was robbed and beaten. Brad was hailed by the newspaper as a good Samaritan after he stepped in and helped a woman who was being robbed.
a good Samaritan
someone who tries to help people who have problems
Usage notes: This phrase comes from a story in the Bible where a Samaritan man helped someone who was injured even though others would not help him.
He's such a good Samaritan. He used to go shopping for my gran when she was ill. good Samaritan
A compassionate person who unselfishly helps others, as in In this neighborhood you can't count on a good Samaritan if you get in trouble. This expression alludes to Jesus's parable about a Samaritan who rescues and cares for a stranger who had been robbed and badly hurt and had been ignored by a priest and a Levite (Luke 10:30-35). The Samaritans were considered a heretical group by other Jews, so by using a Samaritan for the parable, Jesus chose a person whom his listeners would find least likely to be worthy of concern. [c. 1600]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Golyat | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Waldo | | ['wɔ:ldəu] | |
| Anastasiya | | ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian) | Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian |
| Gasparo | | - | Italian |
| Kaloyan | | - | Bulgarian |
| Nurasyl | | - | Kazakh |