רֵעֶה
rêʻeh · H7463 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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friend
Someone who has kind regard for and is in friendly relationship with another person
Examples2 Samuel 15:37 So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16:16 Now it came about, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
1 Kings 4:5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s confidant;
How it’s used In 3 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
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- דָּוִדDavid 2
- מֶלֶךְking 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- חוּשַׁיHushai 2
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זָבוּדZabud 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
- חָבֵר châbêr · H2270 · fellow, friend, partner
- רֵעֶה (rêʻeh, H7463) denotes a companion or fellow; the other word denotes a friend. Both denote persons in close relationship.
- מַכָּר makkâr · H4378 · acquaintance
- Both lexemes denote persons in a social relationship to the speaker/subject—"acquaintance" and "friend" are genuine same-language near synonyms describing degrees of personal familiarity.
- חַבָּר chabbâr · H2271 · partner
- רֵעֶה (rêʻeh, H7463) denotes a companion; the other word denotes a friend or partner. Both denote persons in close relationship.
- עָמִית ʻâmîyth · H5997 · neighbor, fellow-citizen
- רֵעֶה (rêʻeh, H7463) denotes a fellow or companion; the other word denotes a neighbor or fellow-citizen. Both denote persons in close social relationship.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἑταῖρος hetaîros · G2083 · companion, friend
- Greek ἑταῖρος (hetairos) denotes a comrade or companion with emphasis on fellowship and association, serving as the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew רֵעֶה when friend-relationships are in view.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Friends001001003003
- 2 Samuel 15:37 and 16:16 both name "Hushai, David's friend," directly attesting the sense of a close companion.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7463. re 'eh רֵעֶה noun masculine friend (compare Sta§ 184 LagBN 156 Ba§ 12 a); —…
'eh רֵעֶה noun masculine friend (compare Sta§ 184 LagBN 156 Ba§ 12 a); — construct in technical term הַמֶּלֶךְ רֵעֶה (Ges§ 9311Köii. l. 78 f.) 1Ki 4:5 ( = רֵעַ 1Ch 27:33), compare דָּוִד רֵעֶה 2Sa 15:37; 2Sa 16:16; insert also 2Sa 15:32 (compare 2Sa 15:37) ᵐ5 We Dr and others; in simple sense Pro 27:10 Kt (Qr רֵעַ; compare Kö l.c.).
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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