7453. rea

Strong's Lexicon

rea: Friend, companion, neighbor, fellow

Original Word: רֵעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: rea
Pronunciation: reh-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (ray'-ah)
Definition: Friend, companion, neighbor, fellow
Meaning: an associate

Word Origin: Derived from the root רָעָה (ra'ah), which means "to associate with" or "to be a friend."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4139 (πλησίον, plesion): Often translated as "neighbor" in the New Testament, reflecting the relational aspect of "rea."

- G5384 (φίλος, philos): Translated as "friend," capturing the personal and intimate nature of "rea."

Usage: The Hebrew word "rea" primarily denotes a person with whom one has a close relationship, such as a friend or companion. It can also refer to a neighbor or fellow member of a community. The term emphasizes the social and relational aspects of human interaction, highlighting the importance of community and fellowship.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, relationships with friends and neighbors were vital for survival and social stability. The concept of "rea" reflects the communal nature of life in biblical times, where mutual support and loyalty were essential. Friendships were often covenantal, involving commitments and responsibilities to one another. The term also underscores the biblical principle of loving one's neighbor, which is central to the ethical teachings of the Old Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from raah
Definition
friend, companion, fellow
NASB Translation
another (27), another's (5), another* (1), companion (3), fellow (1), friend (30), friend's (1), friends (18), husband (1), kind (1), lover (1), lovers (1), mate (1), neighbor (64), neighbor's (23), neighbors (3), neighbors' (1), opponent (1), opponent's (1), other (6), together* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. רֵעַ₁₈₇ noun masculine^{Proverbs 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^{§ 93ss}), רֵעֵ֫הוּ (Ges^{§ 84} a i) Genesis 11:3 114t., רֵעוֺ Jeremiah 6:21, רֵעָהּ, Jeremiah 3:30; plural רֵעִים Jeremiah 3:1 +, construct רֵעֵי Job 2:11; suffix רֵעָיו Job 32:3, רֵעֵ֫הו (Ges^{§ 91k}) 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 (ᵐ5 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 t. Psalms; especially Job 2:11; Job 6:14 8t. Job; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24 8t. 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 t. in verse) (Gi Exodus 20:13; Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:14) = Deuteronomy 5:17,18 (3 t. 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 t. 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 t. 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 t. 1Samuel; 2 Kings 3:23; 2 Kings 7:3,9; 2Chronicles 20:23; Isaiah 3:5 ("" אִישׁ בְּאִישׁ), Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 19:2 ("" אִישׁ בְּאָתִיו) Isaiah 41:6; Jeremiah 5:8 11t. Jeremiah; Ezekiel 33:26; Zechariah 3:10 6t. Zechariah (Zechariah 11:6 read רֹעֵהוּ Sta^{ZAW i (1881), 26}); Malachi 3:16; Jonah 1:7; so of things Genesis 15:10 (J). — I. רֵעַ see רוע. p.929 below

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbor, another

Or reya2 {ray'-ah}; from ra'ah; an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.

see HEBREW ra'ah

Forms and Transliterations

בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ בְּרֵעֵ֔הוּ בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ בְרֵ֔עַ בְרֵֽעֲךָ בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ בְרֵעֲךָ֖ ברע ברעהו ברעהו׃ ברעך הָ֝רֵ֗עַ הָרֵ֑עַ הרע וְ֝רֵ֗עַ וְרֵע֖וֹ וְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ וְרֵעֶ֙יךָ֙ וְרֵעַ֗י וְרֵעָ֑י וָרֵ֑עַ ורע ורעהו׃ ורעו ורעי ורעיך כְּרֵֽעַ־ כרע־ לְ֭רֵעֵהוּ לְרֵֽעֲךָ֨ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ לְרֵעֲךָ֥ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְרֵעֵ֣הוּ לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ לְרֵעֶ֑יךָ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ לרעהו לרעהו׃ לרעיך לרעך לרעך׃ מֵרֵ֥עהוּ מֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ מֵרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ מֵרֵעָ֑הּ מרעה מרעהו מרעהו׃ רֵ֖עַ רֵ֗עַ רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ רֵ֥עַ רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ רֵ֭עִים רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃ רֵֽעֲךָ֔ רֵֽעֲךָ֖ רֵֽעֲךָ֛ רֵֽעֲךָ֨ רֵֽעֵיהֶ֑ם רֵֽעֵיהֶ֔ם רֵעֲךָ֣ רֵעִ֑ים רֵעִ֔י רֵעִ֔ים רֵעִ֣י רֵעִ֣ים רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֵעֵ֔הוּ רֵעֵ֖הוּ רֵעֵ֗הוּ רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ רֵעֵ֛הוּ רֵעֵ֜הוּ רֵעֵ֣הוּ רֵעֵ֣י רֵעֵ֤הוּ רֵעֵ֥הוּ רֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ רֵעֵהוּ֮ רֵעֶ֑ךָ רֵעֶ֔יךָ רֵעֶ֔ךָ רֵעֶ֗ךָ רֵעֶ֙יהָ֙ רֵעֶ֥יךָ רֵעֶֽיךָ׃ רֵעֶֽךָ׃ רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙ רֵעָ֑י רֵעָיו֮ ריעכם׃ רע רעהו רעהו׃ רעי רעיה רעיהם רעיו רעיך רעיך׃ רעים רעך רעך׃ ḇə·rê·‘ă·ḵā bə·rê·‘ê·hū ḇə·rê·‘ê·hū bə·rê·‘e·ḵā ḇə·rê·a‘ ḇərê‘ăḵā bərê‘êhū ḇərê‘êhū bərê‘eḵā ḇərêa‘ bereEcha bereEhu hā·rê·a‘ haRea hārêa‘ kə·rê·a‘- kerea kərêa‘- lə·rê·‘ă·ḵā lə·rê·‘ê·hū lə·rê·‘e·ḵā lərê‘ăḵā lərê‘êhū lərê‘eḵā lereaCha lereEcha lereEhu lereEicha mê·rê·‘·hū mê·rê·‘āh mê·rê·‘ê·hū mêrê‘āh mêrê‘êhū mêrê‘hū mereAh mereEhu meRehu rê‘ăḵā rê‘ăḵem rê‘āw rê‘āy rê‘ayiḵ rê‘ê rê‘ehā rê‘êhem rê‘êhū rê‘eḵā rê‘î rê‘îm rê·‘ă·ḵā rê·‘ă·ḵem rê·‘a·yiḵ rê·‘āw rê·‘āy rê·‘ê rê·‘e·hā rê·‘ê·hem rê·‘ê·hū rê·‘e·ḵā rê·‘î rê·‘îm rê·a‘ Rea rêa‘ reaCha reAi reAv reAyich reEcha reEhu reEi reEicha reEiha reeiHem reI ReiaChem reIm vaRea veRea vereaCha vereAi vereEhu vereEicha vereO wā·rê·a‘ wārêa‘ wə·rê·‘ay wə·rê·‘āy wə·rê·‘ê·hū wə·rê·‘e·ḵā wə·rê·‘ōw wə·rê·a‘ wərê‘ay wərê‘āy wərê‘êhū wərê‘eḵā wərê‘ōw wərêa‘

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 11:3
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה
NAS: to one another, Come,
KJV: one to another, Go to,
INT: to one about another Come make

Genesis 11:7
HEB: אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפַ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: one another's speech.
KJV: one another's speech.
INT: another speech another's

Genesis 15:10
HEB: בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־ הַצִפֹּ֖ר
NAS: opposite the other; but he did not cut
KJV: one against another: but the birds
INT: half against the other the birds did not

Genesis 31:49
HEB: נִסָּתֵ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: we are absent one from the other.
KJV: one from another.
INT: are absent from the other

Genesis 38:12
HEB: ה֗וּא וְחִירָ֛ה רֵעֵ֥הוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י תִּמְנָֽתָה׃
NAS: at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah
KJV: to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah
INT: he Hirah and his friend the Adullamite Timnah

Genesis 38:20
HEB: הָֽעִזִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ רֵעֵ֣הוּ הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י לָקַ֥חַת
NAS: goat by his friend the Adullamite,
KJV: by the hand of his friend the Adullamite,
INT: goat hand his friend the Adullamite to receive

Genesis 43:33
HEB: אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: looked at one another in astonishment.
KJV: marvelled one at another.
INT: one about another

Exodus 2:13
HEB: לָ֥מָּה תַכֶּ֖ה רֵעֶֽךָ׃
NAS: Why are you striking your companion?
KJV: Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
INT: Why striking brother

Exodus 11:2
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ ׀ מֵאֵ֣ת רֵעֵ֗הוּ וְאִשָּׁה֙ מֵאֵ֣ת
NAS: ask from his neighbor and each woman
KJV: borrow of his neighbour, and every woman
INT: ask each his neighbor and each her neighbor

Exodus 18:7
HEB: וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ־ לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
NAS: each other of their welfare
KJV: each other of [their] welfare;
INT: asked each other of their welfare and went

Exodus 18:16
HEB: אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֣ין רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְהוֹדַעְתִּ֛י אֶת־
NAS: a man and his neighbor and make known
KJV: between one and another, and I do make [them] know
INT: A man between and his neighbor and make the statutes

Exodus 20:16
HEB: לֹֽא־ תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁקֶר׃
NAS: false witness against your neighbor.
KJV: false witness against thy neighbour.
INT: shall not bear your neighbor witness false.

Exodus 20:17
HEB: תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־ תַחְמֹ֞ד
NAS: You shall not covet your neighbor's house;
KJV: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
INT: covet house your neighbor's shall not covet

Exodus 20:17
HEB: תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙
NAS: you shall not covet your neighbor's wife
KJV: thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,
INT: covet wife your neighbor's his male his female

Exodus 20:17
HEB: וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ פ
NAS: or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
KJV: nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
INT: anything that neighbor

Exodus 21:14
HEB: אִ֛ישׁ עַל־ רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְהָרְג֣וֹ בְעָרְמָ֑ה
NAS: toward his neighbor, so as to kill
KJV: come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay
INT: A man toward his neighbor to kill craftily

Exodus 21:18
HEB: אִישׁ֙ אֶת־ רֵעֵ֔הוּ בְּאֶ֖בֶן א֣וֹ
NAS: strikes the other with a stone
KJV: smite another with a stone,
INT: strikes and one the other A stone or

Exodus 21:35
HEB: אֶת־ שׁ֥וֹר רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ
NAS: hurts another's so that it dies,
KJV: hurt another's, that he die;
INT: man's ox another's dies shall sell

Exodus 22:7
HEB: אִ֨ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֜הוּ כֶּ֤סֶף אֽוֹ־
NAS: a man gives his neighbor money or
KJV: shall deliver unto his neighbour money
INT: A man about his neighbor money or

Exodus 22:8
HEB: יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: his hands on his neighbor's property.
KJV: his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
INT: his hands property his neighbor's

Exodus 22:9
HEB: יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם שְׁנַ֖יִם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ ס
NAS: shall pay double to his neighbor.
KJV: double unto his neighbour.
INT: shall pay double to his neighbor

Exodus 22:10
HEB: אִ֨ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֜הוּ חֲמ֨וֹר אוֹ־
NAS: gives his neighbor a donkey,
KJV: deliver unto his neighbour an ass,
INT: A man about his neighbor A donkey or

Exodus 22:11
HEB: יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֣אכֶת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְלָקַ֥ח בְּעָלָ֖יו
NAS: hands on his neighbor's property;
KJV: his hand unto his neighbour's goods;
INT: hands property his neighbor's shall accept owner

Exodus 22:14
HEB: אִ֛ישׁ מֵעִ֥ם רֵעֵ֖הוּ וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ר אוֹ־
NAS: borrows [anything] from his neighbor, and it is injured
KJV: borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt,
INT: A man it his neighbor is injured or

Exodus 22:26
HEB: תַּחְבֹּ֖ל שַׂלְמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֑ךָ עַד־ בֹּ֥א
NAS: take your neighbor's cloak
KJV: take thy neighbour's raiment
INT: take cloak your neighbor's before sets

186 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7453
186 Occurrences

bə·rê·‘e·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bə·rê·‘ê·hū — 9 Occ.
hā·rê·a‘ — 2 Occ.
kə·rê·a‘- — 1 Occ.
lə·rê·‘ă·ḵā — 4 Occ.
lə·rê·‘e·ḵā — 3 Occ.
lə·rê·‘ê·hū — 20 Occ.
lə·rê·‘e·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mê·rê·‘āh — 1 Occ.
mê·rê·‘ê·hū — 5 Occ.
mê·rê·‘·hū — 1 Occ.
rê·a‘ — 4 Occ.
rê·‘ă·ḵā — 5 Occ.
rê·‘āy — 2 Occ.
rê·‘āw — 1 Occ.
rê·‘a·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
rê·‘e·ḵā — 16 Occ.
rê·‘ê·hū — 82 Occ.
rê·‘ê — 1 Occ.
rê·‘e·ḵā — 3 Occ.
rê·‘e·hā — 1 Occ.
rê·‘ê·hem — 2 Occ.
rê·‘î — 2 Occ.
rê·‘ă·ḵem — 1 Occ.
rê·‘îm — 5 Occ.
wā·rê·a‘ — 1 Occ.
wə·rê·a‘ — 2 Occ.
ḇə·rê·‘ă·ḵā — 3 Occ.
wə·rê·‘ay — 2 Occ.
wə·rê·‘ê·hū — 2 Occ.
wə·rê·‘e·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·rê·‘ōw — 1 Occ.