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Lexicon :: Strong's H7453 - rēaʿ

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7453 matches the Hebrew רֵעַ (rēaʿ),
which occurs 188 times in 173 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 6:29–Jer 31:34)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So H3651 he that goeth H935 in to H413 his neighbour's H7453 wife; H802 whosoever H3605 toucheth H5060 her shall H5352 not H3808 be innocent. H5352
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - An hypocrite H2611 with H6310 his mouth H6310 destroyeth H7843 his neighbour: H7453 but through knowledge H1847 shall H2502 the just H6662 be delivered. H2502
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - He that is void H2638 of wisdom H3820 despiseth H936 his neighbour: H7453 but a man H376 of understanding H8394 holdeth his peace. H2790
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous H6662 is more excellent H8446 than his neighbour: H7453 but the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 seduceth them. H8582
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor H7326 is hated H8130 even H1571 of his own neighbour: H7453 but H157 the rich H6223 hath many H7227 friends. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - He that despiseth H936 his neighbour H7453 sinneth: H2398 but he that hath mercy H2603 on the poor, H6035 happy H835 is he. H835
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A H376 violent H2555 man H376 enticeth H6601 his neighbour, H7453 and leadeth him H3212 into the way H1870 that is not H3808 good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times, H6256 and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity. H6869
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man H120 void H2638 of understanding H3820 striketh H8628 hands, H3709 and becometh H6148 surety H6161 in the presence H6440 of his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - He that is first H7223 in his own cause H7379 seemeth just; H6662 but H935 his neighbour H7453 cometh H935 and searcheth him. H2713
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man H376 that hath friends H7453 must shew himself friendly: H7489 and there is H3426 a friend H157 that sticketh closer H1695 than a brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth H1952 maketh H3254 many H7227 friends; H7453 but the poor H1800 is separated H6504 from his neighbour. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Many H7227 will intreat H2470 the favour H6440 of the prince: H5081 and every man H3605 is a friend H7453 to him H376 that giveth gifts. H4976
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The soul H5315 of the wicked H7563 desireth H183 evil: H7451 his neighbour H7453 findeth H2603 no H3808 favour H2603 in his eyes. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He that loveth H157 pureness H2889 of heart, H3820 for the grace H2580 of his lips H8193 the king H4428 shall be his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Be H1961 not H408 a witness H5707 against thy neighbour H7453 without cause; H2600 and deceive H6601 not with thy lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Go H3318 not H408 forth H3318 hastily H4118 to strive, H7378 lest H6435 thou know not what H4100 to do H6213 in the end thereof, H319 when H3637 thy neighbour H7453 hath put H3637 thee H853 to shame. H3637
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Debate H7378 thy cause H7379 with H854 thy neighbour H7453 himself; and H5475 discover H1540 not H408 a secret H5475 to another: H312
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Withdraw H3365 thy foot H7272 from H1004 thy neighbour's H7453 house; H1004 lest H6435 he be weary of thee, H7646 and H8130 so hate thee. H8130
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - A man H376 that beareth H6030 false H8267 witness H5707 against his neighbour H7453 is a maul, H4650 and a sword, H2719 and a H2671 sharp H8150 arrow. H2671
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - So H3651 is the man H376 that deceiveth H7411 his neighbour, H7453 and saith, H559 Am H7832 not H3808 I H589 in sport? H7832
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 the heart: H3820 so H4986 doth the sweetness H4986 of a man's friend H7453 by H6098 hearty H5315 counsel. H6098
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, H7453 and H7463 thy father's H1 friend, H7463 forsake H5800 not; H408 neither H408 go into H935 thy brother's H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343 for better H2896 is a neighbour H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H251 far off. H7350
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He that blesseth H1288 his friend H7453 with a H6963 loud H1419 voice, H6963 rising early H7925 in the morning, H1242 it shall be counted H2803 a curse H7045 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 iron; H1270 so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - A man H1397 that flattereth H2505 his neighbour H7453 spreadeth H6566 a net H7568 for H5921 his feet. H6471
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, H7200 I H589 considered H7200 all H3605 travail, H5999 and H853 every H3605 right H3788 work, H4639 that for H3588 this H1931 a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come H935 into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 my spouse: H3618 I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 with H5973 my spice; H1313 I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with H5973 my honey; H1706 I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with H5973 my milk: H2461 eat, H398 O friends; H7453 drink, H8354 yea, drink abundantly, H7937 O beloved. H1730
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:16 - His mouth H2441 is most sweet: H4477 yea, he H3605 is altogether H3605 lovely. H4261 This H2088 is my beloved, H1730 and this H2088 is my friend, H7453 O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And H5065 the people H5971 shall be oppressed, H5065 every one H376 by another, H376 and every one H376 by his neighbour: H7453 the child H5288 shall behave himself proudly H7292 against the ancient, H2205 and the base H7034 against the honourable. H3513
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - And they shall be afraid: H926 pangs H6735 and sorrows H2256 shall take hold of them; H270 they shall be in pain H2342 as a woman that travaileth: H3205 they shall be amazed H8539 one H376 at H413 another; H7453 their H6440 faces H6440 shall be as flames. H3851
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 - And I will set H5526 the Egyptians H4714 against the Egyptians: H4714 and they shall fight H3898 every one H376 against his brother, H251 and every one H376 against his neighbour; H7453 city H5892 against city, H5892 and kingdom H4467 against kingdom. H4467
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - The wild beasts of the desert H6728 shall also meet H6298 with H853 the wild beasts of the island, H338 and the satyr H8163 shall cry H7121 to H5921 his fellow; H7453 the screech owl H3917 also H389 shall rest H7280 there, H8033 and find H4672 for herself a place of rest. H4494
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:6 - They helped H5826 every one H376 his neighbour; H7453 and H251 every one said H559 to his brother, H251 Be of good courage. H2388
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 - They say, H559 If H2005 a man H376 put away H7971 his wife, H802 and she go H1980 from him, H854 and become H1961 another H312 man's, H376 shall he return H7725 unto her H413 again? H5750 shall H2610 not H3808 that H1931 land H776 be H2610 greatly H2610 polluted? H2610 but thou H859 hast played the harlot H2181 with H7453 many H7227 lovers;  H7453 yet return again H7725 to me, H413 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - Surely H403 as a wife H802 treacherously departeth H898 from her husband, H7453 so H3651 have ye dealt treacherously H898 with me, O house H1004 of Israel, H3478 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 - They were H1961 as fed H2109 horses H5483 in the morning: H7904 every one H376 neighed H6670 after H413 his neighbour's H7453 wife. H802
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Behold, H2005 I will lay H5414 stumblingblocks H4383 before H413 this H2088 people, H5971 and H3782 the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together H3162 shall fall H3782 upon them; the neighbour H7934 and his friend H7453 shall perish. H6
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - For H3588 if H518 ye H3190 throughly H3190 amend H3190 your ways H1870 and H853 your doings; H4611 if H518 ye H6213 throughly H6213 execute H6213 judgment H4941 between H996 a man H376 and H996 his neighbour; H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - Take ye heed H8104 every one H376 of his neighbour, H7453 and H5921 trust ye H982 not H408 in H5921 any H3605 brother: H251 for H3588 every H3605 brother H251 will H6117 utterly H6117 supplant, H6117 and every H3605 neighbour H7453 will walk H1980 with slanders. H7400
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - And H376 they will deceive H2048 every one H376 his neighbour, H7453 and H571 will H1696 not H3808 speak H1696 the truth: H571 they have taught H3925 their tongue H3956 to speak H1696 lies, H8267 and weary themselves H3811 to commit iniquity. H5753
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 - Their tongue H3956 is as an arrow H2671 shot out; H7819 it speaketh H1696 deceit: H4820 one speaketh H1696 peaceably H7965 to H854 his neighbour H7453 with his mouth, H6310 but in heart H7130 he layeth H7760 his wait. H696
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - And I will cause them to eat H398 the flesh H1320 of their sons H1121 and H853 the flesh H1320 of their daughters, H1323 and H376 they shall eat H398 every one H376 the flesh H1320 of his friend H7453 in the siege H4692 and straitness, H4689 wherewith H834 their enemies, H341 and they that seek H1245 their lives, H5315 shall straiten H6693 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:8 - And H5674 many H7227 nations H1471 shall pass H5674 by H5921 this H2063 city, H5892 and they shall say H559 every man H376 to H413 his neighbour, H7453 Wherefore H5921 H4100 hath H6213 the LORD H3068 done H6213 thus H3602 unto H5892 this H2063 great H1419 city? H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Woe H1945 unto him that buildeth H1129 his house H1004 by unrighteousness, H3808 H6664 and his chambers H5944 by wrong; H3808 H4941 that useth H5647 his neighbour's H7453 service H5647 without wages, H2600 and H6467 giveth H5414 him not H3808 for his work; H6467
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - Which think H2803 to cause H7911 my people H5971 to forget H7911 my name H8034 by their dreams H2472 which H834 they tell H5608 every man H376 to his neighbour, H7453 as H834 their fathers H1 have forgotten H7911 my name H8034 for Baal. H1168
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - Therefore, H3651 behold, I H2005 am against H5921 the prophets, H5030 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 that steal H1589 my words H1697 every one H376 from H854 his neighbour. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:35 - Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 every one H376 to H5921 his neighbour, H7453 and every one H376 to H413 his brother, H251 What H4100 hath H6030 the LORD H3068 answered? H6030 and, What H4100 hath H1696 the LORD H3068 spoken? H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - Because H3282 H834 they have committed H6213 villany H5039 in Israel, H3478 and have committed adultery H5003 with H853 their neighbours' H7453 wives, H802 and have spoken H1696 lying H8267 words H1697 in my name, H8034 which H834 I have H6680 not H3808 commanded them; H6680 even I H595 know, H3045 and H5707 am a witness, H5707 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - And H3808 they shall teach H3925 no H3808 more H5750 every man H376 his neighbour, H7453 and every man H376 his brother, H251 saying, H559 Know H3045 the LORD: H3068 for H3588 they H3605 shall H3045 all H3605 know H3045 me, H853 from the least of them H6996 unto H5704 the greatest of them, H1419 saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 for H3588 I will forgive H5545 their iniquity, H5771 and H2403 I will remember H2142 their sin H2403 no H3808 more. H5750

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