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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COUNTRYMAN

kun'-tri-man (sumphuletes): "Of the same tribe" (1 Thessalonians 2:14); also in idiomatic rendering (genos) for those of one's own race or kin (2 Corinthians 11:26 Galatians 1:14 the King James Version, "one's own nation"). Compare Mark 6:4 Romans 9:3; and see COUSIN; KINSMAN, etc.

Greek

4853. sumphuletes -- a fellow tribesman or countryman
... a fellow tribesman or countryman. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
sumphuletes Phonetic Spelling: (soom-foo-let'-ace) Short Definition: a fellow ...
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4773. suggenes -- congenital, hence akin to, subst. a kinsman ...
... suggenes Phonetic Spelling: (soong-ghen-ace') Short Definition: akin, a relative
Definition: akin to, related; subst: fellow countryman, kinsman. ...
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4139. plesion -- near, neighboring
... Neuter of a derivative of pelas (near); (adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor,
ie Fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend) -- near, neighbour. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

251. ach -- a brother
... brother (218), brother with his brothers (1), brother's (21), brotherhood (1), brothers
(195), brothers' (1), companions (1), countryman (10), countryman's (2 ...
/hebrew/251.htm - 6k

Library

I, Patrick, a Sinner, a Most Simple Countryman...
... Section 1. I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman� 1. I, Patrick,
a sinner, a most simple countryman, the least of all ...
/.../patrick/the confession of st patrick/section 1 i patrick a.htm

Detached Account of Abenadar.
... One of the guards of our Lord's sepulchre, who would not let himself be
bribed by the Jews, was his fellow countryman and friend. ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/detached account of abenadar.htm

Against the Modern Free-Thinkers.
... this neighbourhood, two days ago, one of your gay gentlemen of the town, who being
attended at his entry with a servant of his own, besides a countryman he had ...
/.../sect ix against the modern.htm

St. Thomas Also Confessed the Same Faith as Peter after the Lord's ...
... knew nothing of that subtle separation of yours, and had no experience of the fine
distinctions of your judgment, as he was a rude countryman, ignorant of the ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xv st thomas also.htm

Jerusalem
... "R. Ismael saith, A countryman, or a villager, who takes a field from a man
of Jerusalem, the second tenth belongs to the Jerusalem man. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 21 jerusalem.htm

Letter xxxv. (AD 396. )
... should be received by us unless with her own will, and choosing, in the free exercise
of judgment, that which is better: and when the countryman began to ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xxxv a d 396.htm

Vesalius the Anatomist {9}
... old Spanish pedants at the Netherlander's appearance, and still more at what followed,
if we are to believe Hugo Bloet of Delft, his countryman and contemporary ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/vesalius the anatomist 9.htm

Early Christian Hymns
... Syriac hymns were written by Ephraem Syrus (b.307), who strove to counteract the
influence of the Gnostic poets, especially that of his countryman, Bardesanes. ...
/.../christian hymns of the first three centuries/vi early christian hymns.htm

A Blow at Self-Righteousness
... their own. I do not suppose there are any who are self-righteous in as
bold a sense as the poor countryman I have heard of. His ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/a blow at self-righteousness.htm

It was Near the Middle Hour of the Night. ...
... Antipater had dined with but a single guest"a young priest, who, arriving that
very day from Damascus, had sought the palace of his countryman. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 8 it was near.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An inhabitant or native of a region.

2. (n.) One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.

3. (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.

Thesaurus

Countryman (19 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COUNTRYMAN. ... Compare Mark 6:4 Romans 9:3; and see
COUSIN; KINSMAN, etc. Multi-Version Concordance Countryman (19 Occurrences). ...
/c/countryman.htm - 13k

Countryman's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Countryman's (2 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 22:1
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray ...
/c/countryman's.htm - 7k

Countrymen (60 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Countryman. Multi-Version Concordance
Countrymen (60 Occurrences). Luke 19:14 "Now his countrymen ...
/c/countrymen.htm - 26k

Neighbor (123 Occurrences)
... and generally in the Old Testament, the term implies more than mere proximity; it
means one related by the bond of nationality, a fellow-countryman, compatriot ...
/n/neighbor.htm - 41k

Greetings (48 Occurrences)
... Aristobulus. (WEY). Romans 16:11 Greetings to my countryman, Herodion; and to
the believing members of the household of Narcissus. (WEY). ...
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Theirs (96 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:12 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has
said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons." (WEY). ...
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Dangerous (4 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:12 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has
said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons." (WEY). ...
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Members (54 Occurrences)
... Aristobulus. (WEY). Romans 16:11 Greetings to my countryman, Herodion; and to
the believing members of the household of Narcissus. (WEY). ...
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Ploughman (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. 2.
(n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Brother (402 Occurrences)
... (3.) Simply a fellow-countryman (Matthew 5:47; Acts 3:22; Hebrews 7:5). (4.)
A disciple or follower (Matthew 25:40; Hebrews 2:11, 12). ...
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Bible Concordance

Countryman (19 Occurrences)

Romans 16:11 Greetings to my countryman, Herodion; and to the believing members of the household of Narcissus.
(WEY)

Titus 1:12 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."
(WEY)

Leviticus 19:17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 25:15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 25:25 "'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 25:35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 25:36 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 25:39 "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 1:16 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 15:2 This is how it is to be done: every creditor is to give up his right to whatever he has let his neighbour have; he is not to make his neighbour, his countryman, give it back; because a general forgiveness has been ordered by the Lord.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 17:15 Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 22:1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 22:2 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 22:3 So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his garment; and so you shall do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 5:7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 34:9 That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
(BBE)

Jeremiah 34:14 At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 34:17 And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Countryman

Related Terms

Countryman's (2 Occurrences)

Countrymen (60 Occurrences)

Neighbor (123 Occurrences)

Greetings (48 Occurrences)

Theirs (96 Occurrences)

Dangerous (4 Occurrences)

Members (54 Occurrences)

Ploughman (2 Occurrences)

Brother (402 Occurrences)