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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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Strong's Number H7453 matches the Hebrew רֵעַ (rēaʿ),
which occurs 188 times in 173 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jdg 10:18–Pro 6:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, H7453 What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. H7453 And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:7 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: H7453 and this was a testimony in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, H7453 What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, H7453 and there was a very great discomfiture.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:28 - And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour H7453 of thine, that is better than thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, H7453 and wept one with another, H7453 until David exceeded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:17 - And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, H7453 even to David:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:26 - And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, H7453 saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And they caught every one his fellow H7453 by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's H7453 side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, H7453 and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend, H7453 whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? H7453 why wentest thou not with thy friend? H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - If any man trespass against his neighbour, H7453 and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour H7453 in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: H7453 now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, H7453 Why sit we here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said one to another, H7453 We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - If a man sin against his neighbour, H7453 and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, H7453 and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job's three friends H7453 heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; H7453 but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - I am as one mocked of his neighbour, H7453 who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:20 - My friends H7453 scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:5 - He that speaketh flattery to his friends, H7453 even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; H7453 for the hand of God hath touched me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - I am a brother to dragons, and a companion H7453 to owls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's H7453 door;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - Also against his three friends H7453 was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:4 - I will answer thee, and thy companions H7453 with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: H7453 for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: H7453 also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: H7453 with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, H7453 nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, H7453 but mischief is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - I behaved myself as though he had been my friend H7453 or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - My lovers and my friends H7453 stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - Lover and friend H7453 hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, H7453 him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:8 - For my brethren and companions' H7453 sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Say not unto thy neighbour, H7453 Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Devise not evil against thy neighbour, H7453 seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, H7453 if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; H7453 go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. H7453

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