companion, friend, confidential friend
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4828 — מֵרֵעַ
me.re.a · companion · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 26:26 · מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּThen Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.Judges 14:11 · מֵֽרֵעִ֔יםAnd it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.Judges 14:20 · לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּBut Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.Judges 15:2 · לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָAnd her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.Judges 15:6 · לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּThen the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.2 Samuel 3:8 · מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּThen was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.Proverbs 19:7 · מְ֭רֵעֵהוּAll the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.