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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My son, if you become surety for your friend,
If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor,
But a man of understanding holds his peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But the rich has many friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - He who despises his neighbor sins;
But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge,
And becomes surety for his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man who has friends must himself be friendly,[fn]
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
For would you deceive[fn] with your lips?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Do not go hastily to court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Debate your case with your neighbor,
And do not disclose the secret to another;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - A man who bears false witness against his neighbor
Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “I was only joking!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - A man who flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
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