King James Bible Dictionary

General references
Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:4-5; Leviticus 6:2-5; Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 19:16-18; Matthew 19:19; Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14; Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Psalms 15:1-3; Proverbs 3:28-29; Jeremiah 22:13; Isaiah 58:6-14; Zech 8:16-17; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 25:34-46; Luke 10:25-37; Romans 13:10; Romans 15:2; Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 13:3; James 2:8-9
Duty; Man

NEIGHBOR, noun

1. One who lives near another. In large towns, a neighbor is one who lives within a few doors. In the country, a neighbor may live at a greater distance; and in new settlements, where the people are thinly scattered over the country, a neighbor may be distant several miles. Such is the use of the word in the United States.

2. One who lives in familiarity with another; a word of civility.

3. An intimate; a confidant.

4. A fellow being. Acts 7:1.

5. One of the human race; any one that needs our help, or to whom we have an opportunity of doing good.

6. A country that is near.

NEIGHBORHOOD, noun

1. A place near; vicinity; the adjoining district or any place not distant. He lives in my neighborhood

2. State of being near each other; as several states in a neighborhood

3. The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other. The fire alarmed all the neighborhood

NEIGHBORING, adjective Living or being near; as the neighboring inhabitants; neighboring countries or nations.

NEIGHBORLINESS, noun State or quality of being neighborly.

NEIGHBORLY, adjective

1. Becoming a neighbor; kind; civil.

Judge if this be neighborly dealing.

2. Cultivating familiar intercourse; interchanging frequent visits; social. Friend, you are not neighborly

NEIGHBORLY, adverb With social civility; as, to live neighborly

NEIGHBORSHIP, noun State of being neighbors. [Not in use.]