According to Webster a neighbor is someone near to us who we have opportunity to help. In the Bible, when asked “Who is my neighbor” Jesus gave the parable of the good Samaritan. A man who saw someone he did not know, wounded on the side of the road. This is an American trait, an attribute of our National character.
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.