companion, friend, confidential friend
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4828 — מֵרֵעַ
me.re.a · companion · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 26:26 · מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּLater, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.Judges 14:11 · מֵֽרֵעִ֔יםAnd when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.Judges 14:20 · לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּand his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.Judges 15:2 · לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ“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.”Judges 15:6 · לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ“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.2 Samuel 3:8 · מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּAbner 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!Proverbs 19:7 · מְ֭רֵעֵהוּAll 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.