Keraia
Lexicon

מֵרֵעַ

me.re.acompanionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences4 books7 verses

Definition

from H7462 in the sense of companionship; a friend
Traditional renderings: companion, friend.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מֵרֵעַ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Genesis 26:26מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ · his adviser
    Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
  2. Judges 14:11מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים · men to accompany him
    And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
  3. Judges 14:20לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ
    …and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
  4. Judges 15:2לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ · to one of the men who accompanied you
    “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
  5. Judges 15:6לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ · to his companion
    “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
  6. 2 Samuel 3:8מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ · his friends
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  7. Proverbs 19:7מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ · do his friends
    All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.