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 army.Judges 14:11 · מֵֽרֵעִ֔יםIt happened, 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 · לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָHer father said, “I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.”Judges 15:6 · לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּThen the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.2 Samuel 3:8 · מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּThen was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman!Proverbs 19:7 · מְ֭רֵעֵהוּAll the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.