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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 33 times in 30 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Do not say to your neighbor, "Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it," when you have it with you at the time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious - the king will be his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
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