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H7453
Hebrew
Original Word
רֵעַTransliteration
rêaʻ
Pronunciation
ray'-ah
Definition
or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
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Companion
"friend; companion." This noun is also represented in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Aramaic. Rea‘ appears 187 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, and it has …
Friend
"friend; companion; fellow." This noun appears about 187 times in the Bible. The word refers to a "friend" in 2Sa 13:3: "But Amnon had a friend, whose…