Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Palestine
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Samareia is the place name Samaria, referring to the central region between Judea and Galilee and, in context, to its towns or inhabitants. A place name does not carry a complete theology by itself, so its significance must come from the narrative and historical setting.
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Samareia is the place name Samaria, referring to the central region between Judea and Galilee and, in context, to its towns or inhabitants. A place name does not carry a complete theology by itself, so its significance must come from the narrative and historical setting.
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Samaria (7), of Samaria (2), [in] Samaria (1), [When] a Samaritan (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 17:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (7), John (3), Luke (1).
Samareia is the place name Samaria, referring to the central region between Judea and Galilee and, in context, to its towns or inhabitants. A place name does not carry a complete theology by itself, so its significance must come from the narrative and historical setting. In John 4, Jesus travels through Samaria and speaks with a Samaritan woman, exposing sin, offering living water, and revealing Himself as Messiah.
In Acts, the risen Jesus includes Samaria in the Spirit-empowered mission, Philip proclaims Christ there, and the Jerusalem apostles recognize the reception of God's word. Teachers should neither romanticize nor caricature Samaritans. The name locates real boundary-crossing encounters in which Christ's truth and grace advance without erasing repentance, worship, or the gospel's content.
Samareia names Samaria, a real region whose history and people shape the encounters in John and the outward movement of gospel witness in Acts.
Now He had to pass through Samaria.
John directs Jesus' journey through the region where the following encounter will unfold.
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
The regional name locates Sychar within a landscape connected to Jacob and Joseph.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
The Samaritan setting becomes personal as Jesus addresses a woman at the well.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Samaria stands within the geographic movement of Spirit-empowered witness commanded by the risen Jesus.
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
Philip enters a Samaritan city and proclaims the Christ, advancing the mission named in Acts 1.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
The church in Jerusalem recognizes that Samaria has received God's word and sends apostolic witnesses.
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Greek word. Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Palestine
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This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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Samareia reminds teachers that redemptive history moves through actual places, peoples, memories, and tensions. John 4 does not present Samaria merely as scenery. Jesus speaks truthfully to the woman, exposes her need, reveals Himself, and gathers a wider town witness. Acts 1 names Samaria as a stage in the church's Spirit-empowered mission, and Acts 8 shows that promise taking visible form through proclamation of the Christ and reception of God's word.
The region therefore helps a congregation see the gospel crossing inherited boundaries without becoming contentless acceptance. Christ remains the center, the word is proclaimed, faith responds, and the church recognizes God's work. Faithful teaching will honor the history, refuse ethnic caricature, and avoid making the place name bear more than the passages establish.
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Samareia is a geographic proper noun. Depending on context, the place name can identify the region, a city within it, or the people represented by the region.
Samaria's Old Testament history supplies important background, while John and Acts show the Messiah's truth and the gospel's witness entering this historically contested region.