רֵעַ

rêaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H7453 · 187 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “companion”

What it means

an associate (more or less close)

or רֵיעַ; from H7462 (רָעָה);

How the KJV renders it

brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“companion”

also renders koinōnós (G2844), synkoinōnós (G4791), chăbar (H2269), châbêr (H2270), chabbâr (H2271), chăbereth (H2278), kᵉnâth (H3674), kᵉnâth (H3675), mêrêaʻ (H4828)

“fellow”

also renders anḗr (G435), hetaîros (G2083), métochos (G3353), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnôwsh (H582), chăbar (H2269), châbêr (H2270), ʻâmîyth (H5997), raʻyâh (H7474)

“friend”

also renders hetaîros (G2083), phílos (G5384), ʼâhab (H157), ʼallûwph (H441), lêb (H3820), mêrêaʻ (H4828), rêʻeh (H7463)

“neighbour”

also renders períoikos (G4040), plēsíon (G4139), geítōn (G1069), ʻâmîyth (H5997), qârôwb (H7138), rᵉʻûwth (H7468)

“husband”

also renders anḗr (G435), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnôwsh (H582), baʻal (H1167), châthân (H2860)

“brother”

also renders adelphós (G80), ʼach (H252)

“lover”

also renders ʻăgab (H5689)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

187 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 27:33 HNcmsc1 Kings 8:31 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms1 Kings 16:11 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms1 Kings 20:35 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 10:11 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 14:20 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 15:28 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 20:41 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 28:17 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 30:26 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 6:22 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 20:23 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 3:23 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 7:3 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 7:9 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 2:16 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 12:11 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 13:3 HNcmsa2 Samuel 16:17 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 4:42 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 5:20 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 5:21 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 13:6 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 15:2 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 19:4 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 19:5 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 19:11 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 19:14 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 22:24 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 22:26 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 23:24 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 23:25 HNcmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 24:10 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 27:17 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 27:24 HNcmsc/Sp3msEcclesiastes 4:4 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msEsther 9:19 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msEsther 9:22 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msExodus 2:13 HNcmsc/Sp2msExodus 11:2 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 18:7 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msExodus 18:16 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 20:16 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msExodus 20:17 HNcmsc/Sp2msExodus 21:14 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 21:18 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 21:35 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:7 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:8 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:9 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:10 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:14 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 22:26 HNcmsc/Sp2msExodus 32:27 HNcmsc/Sp3msExodus 33:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msEzekiel 18:6 HNcmsc/Sp3msEzekiel 18:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msEzekiel 18:15 HNcmsc/Sp3msEzekiel 22:11 HNcmsc/Sp3ms

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