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Lexicon :: Strong's H7453 - rēaʿ

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רֵעַ
Transliteration
rēaʿ
Pronunciation
ray'-ah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2186a

Strong’s Definitions

רֵעַ rêaʻ, ray'-ah; or רֵיעַ rêyaʻ; from H7462; an associate (more or less close):—brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, × (an-) other.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 188x

The KJV translates Strong's H7453 in the following manner: neighbour (102x), friend (42x), another (23x), fellow (10x), companion (5x), other (2x), brother (1x), husband (1x), lovers (1x), neighbour (with H1121) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 188x
The KJV translates Strong's H7453 in the following manner: neighbour (102x), friend (42x), another (23x), fellow (10x), companion (5x), other (2x), brother (1x), husband (1x), lovers (1x), neighbour (with H1121) (1x).

  1. friend, companion, fellow, another person

    1. friend, intimate

    2. fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)

    3. other, another (reciprocal phrase)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֵעַ rêaʻ, ray'-ah; or רֵיעַ rêyaʻ; from H7462; an associate (more or less close):—brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, × (an-) other.
STRONGS H7453: Abbreviations
II. רֵעַ 187 noun masculineProverbs 17:17 friend, companion, fellow; — ר׳ absolute 2 Samuel 13:3 +, construct 1 Chronicles 27:33; suffix רֵעִי Job 31:9 +, רֵעְַךָ Deuteronomy 5:17 +, רֵעֶ֑ךָ Exodus 2:13 +, also רֵעֶיךָ 2 Samuel 12:11 (singular; Ges§ 93 ss), רֵעֵ֫הוּ (Ges§ 84 a i) Genesis 11:3 114 times, רֵעוֺ Jeremiah 6:21, רֵעָהּ, Jeremiah 3:30 [Jeremiah 3:20] ; plural רֵעִים Jeremiah 3:1 +, construct רֵעֵי Job 2:11; suffix רֵעָיו Job 32:3, רֵעֵ֫הו (Ges§ 91 k) Job 42:10; 1 Samuel 30:26, etc.; —
l. friend, intimate, Genesis 38:12, 20(J), 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Kings 16:11 (Greek Version of the LXX omitted); רִעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ Deuteronomy 13:7, מֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ Proverbs 27:9 (text dubious see Toy); Micah 7:5 (|| אַלוּף), Jeremiah 9:3 (|| אָח), Jeremiah 19:9; Lamentations 1:2)+ אֹהֲבֶיהָ), Psalm 35:14 (|| אָח) + 3 times Psalms; especially Job 2:11; Job 6:14 + 8 times Job; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24 + 8 times Proverbs)Proverbs 12:26 see מֵרֵעַ below), Songs 5:1 (|| דּוֺדִים); associates Zechariah 3:8; technical term הַמֶּלֶךְ ר׳ 1 Chronicles 27:33 (see רֵעֶה), compare 2 Samuel 16:17 (twice in verse); of lover Songs 5:16 (|| דּוֺדִי), husband Jeremiah 3:20, paramours Hosea 3:1; Jeremiah 3:1; metaphor רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה Job 30:29 (|| אָח לְתַנִּים).
2. in weaker sense, fellow, fellow-citizen, even another person, with whom one stands in reciprocal relations, Exodus 2:13; Exodus 20:16, 17 (3 times in verse) (Gi Exodus 20:13; Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:14) = Deuteronomy 5:17, 18 (3 times in verse), Exodus 21:14; Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:10; Exodus 22:25 (all E), Leviticus 19:13, 16, 18; Leviticus 20:10 (all H), Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 15:2 (twice in verse) + 11 times Deuteronomy; Joshua 20:5 (D), Judges 7:14; Jeremiah 9:7; Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 29:23; Ezekiel 18:6, 11, 15; Ezekiel 22:11, 12; Habakkuk 2:15; Job 16:21; Ruth 4:7; Psalm 15:3; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 3:28, 29; Proverbs 6:1 (|| זָר !) + 18 times Proverbs; וְרֵעוֺ שָׁכֵן Jeremiah 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:28 hath given (the kingdom) to thy fellow, = another than thou, so 1 Samuel 28:17; 2 Samuel 12:11; so also אִישׁ ֗֗֗ רֵעֵהוּ a (given, certain) man over against his fellow (different from 3) Exodus 21:18, 35; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:9; Exodus 22:13; Exodus 33:11 (all E), Deuteronomy 19:11; Deuteronomy 22:26; Judges 7:13; 1 Kings 8:31; 1 Kings 20:35; Jeremiah 7:5; 1 Chronicles 6:22; Ruth 3:14; Ecclesiastes 4:4; similarly שָׂעִיר אֶלרֵֿעֵהוּ Isaiah 34:14.
3. in reciprocal phrase אִישׁ ֗֗֗ רֵעֵהו Genesis 11:3 they said one to another (אִישׁ distributive), each the speech of the other Genesis 11:7, absent one from the other Genesis 31:49, compare Genesis 43:33 (all J), Exodus 11:2; Exodus 18:7, 16; Exodus 32:27 (all E), Judges 6:29; Judges 7:22; Judges 10:18; 2 Samuel 2:16 (twice in verse) + 4 times 1 Samuel; 2 Kings 3:23; 2 Kings 7:3, 9; 2 Chronicles 20:23; Isaiah 3:5 (|| אִישׁ בְּאִישׁ), Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 19:2 (|| אִישׁ בְּאָתִיו) Isaiah 41:6; Jeremiah 5:8 + 11 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 33:26; Zechariah 3:10 + 6 times Zechariah (Zechariah 11:6 read רֹעֵהוּ StaZAW i (1881), 26); Malachi 3:16; Jonah 1:7; so of things Genesis 15:10 (J). — I. רֵעַ see רוע.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3; 11:7; 15:10; 31:49; 38:12; 38:20; 43:33

Exodus

2:13; 2:13; 11:2; 18:7; 18:16; 20:13; 20:14; 20:14; 20:14; 20:16; 20:17; 21:14; 21:18; 21:35; 22:6; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:13; 22:25; 32:27; 33:11

Leviticus

19:13; 19:16; 19:18; 20:10

Deuteronomy

4:42; 5:17; 5:17; 5:18; 13:7; 15:2; 19:11; 22:26

Joshua

20:5

Judges

6:29; 7:13; 7:14; 7:22; 10:18

Ruth

3:14; 4:7

1 Samuel

15:28; 28:17; 30:26; 30:26

2 Samuel

2:16; 12:11; 12:11; 13:3; 13:3; 16:17

1 Kings

8:31; 16:11; 20:35

2 Kings

3:23; 7:3; 7:9

1 Chronicles

6:22; 27:33; 27:33

2 Chronicles

20:23

Job

2:11; 2:11; 6:14; 16:21; 30:29; 31:9; 32:3; 42:10

Psalms

15:3; 28:3; 35:14; 101:5

Proverbs

3:28; 3:29; 6:1; 12:26; 17:17; 17:17; 18:24; 27:9

Ecclesiastes

4:4

Song of Songs

5:1; 5:16

Isaiah

3:5; 13:8; 19:2; 34:14; 41:6

Jeremiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:20; 3:20; 5:8; 6:21; 6:21; 7:5; 9:3; 9:7; 19:9; 22:13; 29:23

Lamentations

1:2

Ezekiel

18:6; 18:11; 18:15; 22:11; 22:12; 33:26

Hosea

3:1

Jonah

1:7

Micah

7:5

Habakkuk

2:15

Zechariah

3:8; 3:10; 11:6

Malachi

3:16

H7453

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7453 matches the Hebrew רֵעַ (rēaʿ),
which occurs 189 times in 173 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 11:3–Jdg 7:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - dixitque alter ad proximum suum venite faciamus lateres et coquamus eos igni habueruntque lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro cemento

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - venite igitur descendamus et confundamus ibi linguam eorum ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - qui tollens universa haec divisit per medium et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit aves autem non divisit

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - intueatur Dominus et iudicet inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - evolutis autem multis diebus mortua est filia Suae uxor Iudae qui post luctum consolatione suscepta ascendebat ad tonsores ovium suarum ipse et Hiras opilio gregis Odollamita in Thamnas

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - misit autem Iudas hedum per pastorem suum Odollamitem ut reciperet pignus quod dederat mulieri qui cum non invenisset eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - sederunt coram eo primogenitus iuxta primogenita sua et minimus iuxta aetatem suam et mirabantur nimis

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - et egressus die altero conspexit duos Hebraeos rixantes dixitque ei qui faciebat iniuriam quare percutis proximum tuum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - dices ergo omni plebi ut postulet vir ab amico suo et mulier a vicina sua vasa argentea et aurea

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - qui egressus in occursum cognati sui adoravit et osculatus est eum salutaveruntque se mutuo verbis pacificis cumque intrasset tabernaculum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - cumque acciderit eis aliqua disceptatio veniunt ad me ut iudicem inter eos et ostendam praecepta Dei et leges eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 - non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - non concupisces domum proximi tui nec desiderabis uxorem eius non servum non ancillam non bovem non asinum nec omnia quae illius sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - si quis de industria occiderit proximum suum et per insidias ab altari meo evelles eum ut moriatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - si rixati fuerint viri et percusserit alter proximum suum lapide vel pugno et ille mortuus non fuerit sed iacuerit in lectulo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - si bos alienus bovem alterius vulnerarit et ille mortuus fuerit vendent bovem vivum et divident pretium cadaver autem mortui inter se dispertient

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - si quis commendaverit amico pecuniam aut vas in custodiam et ab eo qui susceperat furto ablata fuerint si invenitur fur duplum reddet

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - si latet dominus domus adplicabitur ad deos et iurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - ad perpetrandam fraudem tam in bove quam in asino et ove ac vestimento et quicquid damnum inferre potest ad deos utriusque causa perveniet et si illi iudicaverint duplum restituet proximo suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - si quis commendaverit proximo suo asinum bovem ovem et omne iumentum ad custodiam et mortuum fuerit aut debilitatum vel captum ab hostibus nullusque hoc viderit

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - iusiurandum erit in medio quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui suscipietque dominus iuramentum et ille reddere non cogetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - qui a proximo suo quicquam horum mutuo postularit et debilitatum aut mortuum fuerit domino non praesente reddere conpelletur

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis vestimentum ante solis occasum redde ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - quibus ait haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ponat vir gladium super femur suum ite et redite de porta usque ad portam per medium castrorum et occidat unusquisque fratrem et amicum et proximum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - loquebatur autem Dominus ad Mosen facie ad faciem sicut loqui solet homo ad amicum suum cumque ille reverteretur in castra minister eius Iosue filius Nun puer non recedebat de tabernaculo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - non facies calumniam proximo tuo nec vi opprimes eum non morabitur opus mercennarii apud te usque mane

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - non eris criminator et susurro in populis non stabis contra sanguinem proximi tui ego Dominus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - non quaeres ultionem nec memor eris iniuriae civium tuorum diliges amicum tuum sicut temet ipsum ego Dominus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 - si moechatus quis fuerit cum uxore alterius et adulterium perpetrarit cum coniuge proximi sui morte moriantur et moechus et adultera

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - ut confugiat ad eas qui occiderit nolens proximum suum nec fuerit inimicus ante unum et alterum diem et ad harum aliquam urbium possit evadere

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 - nec loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - non concupisces uxorem proximi tui non domum non agrum non servum non ancillam non bovem non asinum et universa quae illius sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - si tibi voluerit persuadere frater tuus filius matris tuae aut filius tuus vel filia sive uxor quae est in sinu tuo aut amicus quem diligis ut animam tuam clam dicens eamus et serviamus diis alienis quos ignoras tu et patres tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - quae hoc ordine celebrabitur cui debetur aliquid ab amico vel proximo ac fratre suo repetere non poterit quia annus remissionis est Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - haec erit lex homicidae fugientis cuius vita servanda est qui percusserit proximum suum nesciens et qui heri et nudius tertius nullum contra eum habuisse odium conprobatur

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - sed abisse simpliciter cum eo in silvam ad ligna caedenda et in succisione lignorum securis fugerit manu ferrumque lapsum de manubrio amicum eius percusserit et occiderit hic ad unam supradictarum urbium confugiet et vivet

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - si quis autem odio habens proximum suum insidiatus fuerit vitae eius surgensque percusserit illum et mortuus fuerit fugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - non adsumes et transferes terminos proximi tui quos fixerunt priores in possessione tua quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in terra quam acceperis possidendam

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - educes utrumque ad portam civitatis illius et lapidibus obruentur puella quia non clamavit cum esset in civitate vir quia humiliavit uxorem proximi sui et auferes malum de medio tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - puella nihil patietur nec est rea mortis quoniam sicut latro consurgit contra fratrem suum et occidit animam eius ita et puella perpessa est

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:24 - ingressus vineam proximi tui comede uvas quantum tibi placuerit foras autem ne efferas tecum

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 - si intraveris in segetem amici tui franges spicas et manu conteres falce autem non metes

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:10 - cum repetes a proximo tuo rem aliquam quam debet tibi non ingredieris domum eius ut pignus auferas

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - maledictus qui transfert terminos proximi sui et dicet omnis populus amen

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - maledictus qui clam percusserit proximum suum et dicet omnis populus amen

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - cumque ultor sanguinis eum fuerit persecutus non tradent in manus eius quia ignorans percussit proximum eius nec ante biduum triduumve eius probatur inimicus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - dixeruntque ad invicem quis hoc fecit cumque perquirerent auctorem facti dictum est Gedeon filius Ioas fecit haec omnia

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - cumque venisset Gedeon narrabat aliquis somnium proximo suo et in hunc modum referebat quod viderat vidi somnium et videbatur mihi quasi subcinericius panis ex hordeo volvi et in Madian castra descendere cumque pervenisset ad tabernaculum percussit illud atque subvertit et terrae funditus coaequavit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - respondit is cui loquebatur non est hoc aliud nisi gladius Gedeonis filii Ioas viri Israhelitae tradidit Deus in manu eius Madian et omnia castra eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - et nihilominus insistebant trecenti viri bucinis personantes inmisitque Dominus gladium in omnibus castris et mutua se caede truncabant

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