עָמִית ʻâmîyth
Meaning
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
In the King James Version: another, fellow, neighbour.
Derivation: from a primitive root meaning to associate;
Where it is used
- Leviticus 6:2 “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
- Leviticus 18:20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
- Leviticus 19:11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Leviticus 19:17 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- Leviticus 24:19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
- Leviticus 25:14 If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
- Leviticus 25:15 You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.
- Leviticus 25:17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
- Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.