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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 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 - Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor is hated even by his own neighbor: but the rich hath many friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loveth 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 void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and reveal not a secret to another:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
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