companion, friend, confidential friend
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4828 — מֵרֵעַ
me.re.a · companion · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 26:26 · מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּAnd Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;Judges 14:11 · מֵֽרֵעִ֔יםand it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.Judges 14:20 · לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּand Samson’s wife becometh his companion’s, who is his friend.Judges 15:2 · לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָand her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister—the young one—better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.’Judges 15:6 · לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּAnd the Philistines say, ‘Who hath done this?’ And they say, ‘Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;’ and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.2 Samuel 3:8 · מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּAnd it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, ‘The head of a dog am I—that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David—that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?Proverbs 19:7 · מְ֭רֵעֵהוּAll the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words—they are not!