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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 6:29–Jer 31:34)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 -

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s H7453 wife;

Whoever touches her will not [fn]go unpunished.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 -

With his mouth the godless man corrupts his neighbor H7453,

But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 -

He who despises his neighbor H7453 lacks a heart of wisdom,

But a man of discernment keeps silent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 -

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor H7453,

But the way of the wicked makes them wander about.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 -

The poor is hated even by his neighbor H7453,

But those who love the rich are many.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 -

He who despises his neighbor H7453 sins,

But how blessed is he who is gracious to the [fn]poor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 -

A man of violence entices his neighbor H7453

And leads him in a way that is not good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 -

A friend H7453 loves at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 -

A man lacking a heart of wisdom strikes his [fn]hands in pledge

And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 -

The first [fn]to plead his case seems right,

Until [fn]another H7453 comes and examines him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 -

A man of too many friends H7453 comes to [fn]ruin,

But there is a [fn]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 -

Wealth adds many friends H7453,

But a poor man is separated from his friend H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 -

Many will seek the favor of a noble man,

And everyone is a friend H7453 to a man who gives gifts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 -

The soul of the wicked craves evil;

His neighbor H7453 finds no favor in his eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 -

He who loves purity of heart

And grace on his lips, the king is his friend H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 -

Do not be a witness against your neighbor H7453 without cause,

Nor deceive with your lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 -

Do not go out hastily to plead your case;

Lest, what will you do in [fn]the end,

When your neighbor H7453 humiliates you?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 -

Plead your case with your neighbor H7453,

And do not reveal the secret of another,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 -

Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s H7453 house,

Lest he have more than his fill of you and hate you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 -

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow

Is a man who bears [fn]false witness against his neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 -

So is the man who deceives his neighbor H7453,

And says, “Am I not joking?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 -

Oil and incense make the heart glad,

So counsel from the [fn]soul is sweet to his friend H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -

Do not forsake your friend H7453 or your father’s friend H7453,

And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;

Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 -

He who blesses his friend H7453 with a loud voice early in the morning,

It will be counted as a curse to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 -

Iron sharpens iron,

So one man sharpens another H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 -

A man who flatters his neighbor H7453

Is spreading a net for his steps.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 -

I have seen that every labor and every success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor H7453. This too is [fn]vanity and striving after wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

[fn]I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;

I have picked my myrrh along with my balsam.

I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends H7453;

Drink and [fn]imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 -

“His [fn]mouth is full of sweetness.

And he is wholly desirable.

This is my beloved and this is my friend H7453,

O daughters of Jerusalem.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 -

And the people will be oppressed,

Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor H7453;

The youth will overwhelm the elder

And the dishonorable against the honorable.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 -

They will be terrified,

Pains and labor pangs will take hold of them;

They will writhe like a woman in labor,

They will look at one another H7453 in astonishment,

Their faces aflame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 -

“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;

And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor H7453,

City against city and kingdom against kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 -

And the desert creatures will meet with the [fn]wolves;

The [fn]hairy goat also will cry to its kind H7453;

Surely, the [fn]night creature will obtain relief there

And will find itself a resting place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:6 -

Each one helps his neighbor H7453

And says to his brother, “Be strong!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 -

God [fn]says, “If a husband divorces his wife

And she goes from him

And belongs to another man,

Will he still return to her?

Will not that land be completely [fn]polluted?

But you are a harlot with many [fn]lovers H7453;

Yet you turn to Me,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 -

“Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her [fn]lover H7453,

So you have dealt treacherously with Me,

O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 -

“They were well-fed lusty horses,

Each one neighing after his neighbor’s H7453 wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 -

Therefore, thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am [fn]laying stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

Fathers and sons together;

Neighbor and [fn]friend H7453 will perish.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - “For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor H7453,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 -

“Let everyone beware of his neighbor H7453,

And do not trust any brother,

Because every brother [fn]surely supplants,

And every neighbor H7453 goes about as a slanderer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 -

“Everyone deceives his neighbor H7453

And does not speak the truth;

They have taught their tongue to speak lies;

They weary themselves committing iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 -

“Their tongue is a slaughtering arrow;

It speaks deceit;

With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor H7453,

But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - “I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s H7453 flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:8 -

“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another H7453, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 -

“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness

And his [fn]upper rooms without justice,

Who uses his neighbor’s H7453 services without pay

And does not give him his wages,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they recount to one another H7453, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - “Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” declares Yahweh, “who steal My words from each other H7453.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:35 - “Thus will each of you say to his neighbor H7453 and to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ or, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - because they have acted with wicked foolishness in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ H7453 wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness,” declares Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - “And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor H7453 and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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