רֵעַ rêaʻ

Meaning

an associate (more or less close)

In the King James Version: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

Derivation: or רֵיעַ; from H7462 (רָעָה);

Where it is used

• 2 Samuel 12:11 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
• 2 Samuel 13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
• 2 Samuel 16:17 “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
• 1 Kings 8:31 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
• 1 Kings 16:11 As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
• 1 Kings 20:35 Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
• 2 Kings 3:23 “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
• 2 Kings 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
• 2 Kings 7:9 Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
• 1 Chronicles 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
• 2 Chronicles 6:22 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
• 2 Chronicles 20:23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
• Esther 9:19 This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
• Esther 9:22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
• Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
• Job 6:14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
• Job 6:27 You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
• Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
• Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
• Job 16:21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
• Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
• Job 19:21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Job 30:29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
• Job 31:9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
• Job 32:3 and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
• Job 35:4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
• Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
• Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
• Psalms 12:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Psalms 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Psalms 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
• Psalms 35:14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
• Psalms 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
• Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
• Psalms 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Psalms 122:8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
• Proverbs 3:28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
• Proverbs 3:29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
• Proverbs 6:1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
• Proverbs 6:3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
• Proverbs 6:29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
• Proverbs 11:9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
• Proverbs 11:12 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
• Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
• Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
• Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
• Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
• Proverbs 17:18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 18:17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
• Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
• Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
• Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
• Proverbs 21:10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
• Proverbs 22:11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
• Proverbs 24:28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• Proverbs 25:8 do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
• Proverbs 25:9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
• Proverbs 25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
• Proverbs 25:18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.