מֵרֵעַ
mêrêaʻ · H4828 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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friend, companion
A person with whom someone has a bond of mutual affection and respect and trust
ExamplesGenesis 26:26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath, and Phicol the commander of his army.
Judges 14:11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Judges 14:20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּhis 7
- ךָyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםthirty 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֲחֻזַּתAhuzzath 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָחַקto be far 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for 6
- אֵלto, toward 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- חַבָּר chabbâr · H2271 · partner
- Both terms denote a companion or friend relationship, overlapping terms for a social companion.
- עָמִית ʻâmîyth · H5997 · neighbor, fellow-citizen
- Both words denote persons in close relation to one another (companion or friend, fellow or neighbour).
- חָבֵר châbêr · H2270 · fellow, friend, partner
- Both lexemes carry the synonymous glosses "companion" and "friend"; this is a real same-language near-synonym pairing.
- מַכָּר makkâr · H4378 · acquaintance
- Both words denote a person with whom one has a friendly social relationship, an acquaintance and a companion or friend.
In the other Testament 1 word
- φίλος phílos · G5384 · friend
- Greek φίλος directly translates Hebrew מֵרֵעַ in contexts denoting personal friendship or companionship, representing the standard LXX rendering of this relational concept.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Friends001001003003
- The word denotes a companion or friend, directly named by its own gloss.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4828. merea [מֵרֵעַ] noun masculine friend, companion (strange formation; origin…
[מֵרֵעַ] noun masculine friend, companion (strange formation; origin dubious; WetzstSyr. Dreschtafel, Z. Ethnol. 1873, 289 compare miryâ, name of bell-wether among Syrian nomads (properly [inseparable] companion), and derived from ֗֗֗ ריע, properly closely joined; compare Gerber97, 162); — suffix מֵרֵעֵ֫הוּ Gen 26:26 +, מְרֵעֵ֫הוּ Pro 19:7; מֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ Jdg 15:2; plural מַרֵעִים Jdg 14:11; — companion, confidential friend, Gen 26:26 (J; compare רֵעֶה); of bridegroom's escort Gen 14:11, 'best man' (GFM) Gen 14:20; Gen 15:2, Gen 15:6; more Generally friends (|| אחים) 2Sa 3:8; Pro 19:7; Pro 12:26 is dubious, Död Hi De and others מִרְעֵהוּ; Toy conjectures possibly מֵרָעָה (יָסֻר), see further תור.
III. רעה (Aramaic רְעָא, , take pleasure (in), desire, = Arabic [Hebrew רָצָה], whence Aramaic רְעוּתָא desire, רַעֲיוֺנָא רַעֲיָנָא,, , opinion, thought, disposition, and following late and Aramaic words in Hebrew, compare NöZMG liv (1900), 155; > De SiegfQoh. 18 and others from I. רעה
2b, compare Hos 12:2, and Arabic ; watch, regard, respect (Lane) [BaWU 46 f. KauArmaismen 82 f. derive following from I. רעה = observe, attend to, specifically tend sheep, also aim at, purpose]).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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