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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 189 times in 173 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 11:3–Jdg 7:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - But it was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other’s sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn’t find her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other’s welfare and then went into Moses’ tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God’s decrees and give them his instructions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 - “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - “If someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house. If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - But if the thief is not caught, the neighbor must appear before God,[fn] who will determine if he stole the property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares[fn] guilty must pay double compensation to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “Now suppose someone leaves a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal with a neighbor for safekeeping, but it dies or is injured or gets away, and no one sees what happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - The neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the LORD. If the LORD confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, the owner must accept the verdict, and no payment will be required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it is injured or dies when the owner is absent, the person who borrowed it must pay full compensation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.[fn]
“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 - “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 - “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - “You must not covet your neighbor’s wife. You must not covet your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD’s time of release has arrived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - “But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - “When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone’s land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man’s wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:24 - “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not carry any away in a basket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 - And when you enter your neighbor’s field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:10 - “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - ‘Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - ‘Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - If the relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing, the leaders must not release the slayer to them, for he killed the other person unintentionally and without previous hostility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - The people said to each other, “Who did this?” And after asking around and making a careful search, they learned that it was Gideon, the son of Joash.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - Gideon crept up just as a man was telling his companion about a dream. The man said, “I had this dream, and in my dream a loaf of barley bread came tumbling down into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent, turned it over, and knocked it flat!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - His companion answered, “Your dream can mean only one thing—God has given Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite, victory over Midian and all its allies!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the LORD caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

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