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Lexicon :: Strong's H4828 - mērēaʿ

Aa
מֵרֵעַ
Transliteration
mērēaʿ
Pronunciation
may-ray'-ah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָעָה (H7462) in the sense of companionship
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2186f

Strong’s Definitions

מֵרֵעַ mêrêaʻ, may-ray'-ah; from H7462 in the sense of companionship; a friend:—companion, friend.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H4828 in the following manner: companion (4x), friend (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H4828 in the following manner: companion (4x), friend (3x).

  1. companion, friend, confidential friend

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵרֵעַ mêrêaʻ, may-ray'-ah; from H7462 in the sense of companionship; a friend:—companion, friend.
STRONGS H4828: Abbreviations
† [מֵרֵעַ] noun masculine friend, companion (strange formation; origin dubious; WetzstSyr. Dreschtafel, Z. Ethnol. 1873, 289 compare bdb094602 miryâ, name of bell-wether among Syrian nomads (properly [inseparable] companion), and derived from ריע ֗֗֗, properly closely joined; compare Gerber97, 162); — suffix מֵרֵעֵ֫הוּ Genesis 26:26 +, מְרֵעֵ֫הוּ Proverbs 19:7; מֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ Judges 15:2; plural מַרֵעִים Judges 14:11; — companion, confidential friend, Genesis 26:26 (J; compare רֵעֶה); of bridegroom's escort Genesis 14:11, 'best man' (GFM) Genesis 14:20; Genesis 15:2, 6; more generally friends (|| אחים) 2 Samuel 3:8; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 12:26 is dubious, Död Hi De and others מִרְעֵהוּ; Toy conjectures possibly (יָסֻר) מֵרָעָה, see further תור.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:11; 14:20; 15:2; 15:6; 26:26; 26:26

Judges

14:11; 15:2

2 Samuel

3:8

Proverbs

12:26; 19:7; 19:7

H4828

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4828 matches the Hebrew מֵרֵעַ (mērēaʿ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Abimelech H40 came H1980 to him from Gerar H1642 [fn]with his adviser H4828 Ahuzzath H276, and Phicol H6369 the commander H8269 of his army H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:11 - When they saw H7200 him, they brought H3947 thirty H7970 companions H4828 to be with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:20 - But Samson’s H8123 wife H802 was given to his companion H4828 who H834 had been his [fn]friend H7462.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father H1 said H559, “I really H559 thought H559 that you hated H8130 her intensely H8130; so I gave H5414 her to your companion H4828. Is her younger H6996 sister H269 not [fn]more H4480 H2896 beautiful H2896 than H4480 she? Please H4994 let her be yours [fn]instead H8478.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - Then the Philistines H6430 said H559, “Who H4310 did H6213 this H2088?” And some said H559, “Samson H8123, the son-in-law H2860 of the Timnite H8554, because H3588 [fn]he took H3947 his wife H802 and gave H5414 her to his companion H4828.” So the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 and burned H8313 her and her father H1 to death with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner H74 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 over H5921 Ish-bosheth’s H378 [fn]question H1697 and said H559, “Am I a dog’s H3611 head H7218 that belongs to Judah H3063? Today H3117 I show H6213 kindness H2617 to the house H1004 of Saul H7586 your father H1, to his brothers H251 and to his friends H4828, and have not let H4672 you fall H4672 into the hands H3027 of David H1732; yet today H3117 you call H6485 me to H6485 account H6485 for wrongdoing H5771 with [fn]that woman H802?

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All H3605 the brothers H251 of a poor H7326 person H7326 hate H8130 him;

How H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 do his friends H4828 abandon H7368 him!

He pursues H7291 them with words H561, but they are [fn]gone H3808.

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