re.a H7453

רֵעַ (re.a) means “neighbor” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רֵעַ Hebrew · H7453 188 tagged occurrences in 173 verses

Pronunciation guide: ray'-ah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7453

רֵעַ · re.a · neighbor

1) friend, companion, fellow, another person 1a) friend, intimate 1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense) 1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or רֵיעַ; from H7462 (רָעָה); an associate (more or less close)

KJV glosses: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

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How translators render H7453

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
another	22
his neighbor	22
his neighbors	11
your neighbors	9
his friend	6
your neighbor	6
against his neighbor	5
friends	5
against your neighbor	4
your friend	4
of his neighbor	3
other	3
the other	3
to his neighbor	3
against neighbor	2
and friends	2
anothers	2
belongs to your neighbor	2
by his neighbor	2
for his neighbor	2
friend	2
from his neighbor	2
his friends	2
my friends	2
one another	2
to your neighbor	2
a companion	1
a friend	1
against one another	1
and another	1
and for his neighbor	1
and his friend	1
and my friend	1
and to your friends	1
and your companions	1
another mans	1
as for my friend	1
by another	1
by his friend	1
else	1
for a friend	1
for your neighbor	1
from each other	1
had a friend	1
her friends	1
her husband	1
his companion	1
his friend hirah	1
his opponent	1
in friendship	1
in your neighbors	1
into his opponents	1
into your neighbors	1
is a friend	1
is my friend	1
it to your neighbor	1
lovers	1
my neighbors	1
o friends	1
of a friend	1
of another	1
of his friend	1
of many companions	1
of their neighbors	1
of your neighbor	1
on a friend	1
or friend	1
their neighbors	1
to another	1
to his friends	1
to his neighbors	1
to my friends	1
to the other party	1
until another	1
when your neighbor	1
who makes his countrymen	1
with his neighbor	1
with your neighbor	1
you take your neighbors	1
your closest friend	1
your companion	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
his neighbour	17
to another	9
to his neighbour	9
of his neighbour	8
thy neighbours	8
against his neighbour	7
another	6
friends	6
his neighbours	6
unto his neighbour	5
against thy neighbour	4
of his friend	4
a friend	2
anothers	2
at another	2
friend	2
from his neighbour	2
his friend	2
my friend	2
of thy neighbour	2
thy neighbour	2
to his fellow	2
unto his neighbours	2
upon his neighbour	2
with his neighbour	2
with his neighbours	2
after his neighbours	1
against his fellow	1
all her friends	1
and a companion	1
and another	1
and companions	1
and every neighbour	1
and friend	1
and his fellow	1
and his friend	1
and his neighbour	1
and my friends	1
and other	1
at my neighbours	1
but his neighbour	1
by his neighbour	1
companion	1
departeth from her husband	1
even of his own neighbour	1
for his friends	1
for his neighbour	1
for thy friend	1
for your friend	1
from another	1
from his friend	1
from thy neighbours	1
had a friend	1
he and his friend	1
his companion	1
his fellow	1
in his fellows	1
into his neighbours	1
into thy neighbours	1
it to a neighbour	1
it to thy neighbour	1
lovers	1
my friends	1
nor of his friends	1
not unto thy neighbour	1
o friends	1
of a mans friend	1
of thy friend	1
of thy neighbours	1
or thy friend	1
other	1
than his neighbour	1
thee and thy companions	1
thereof when thy neighbour	1
thine own friend	1
thou and thy fellows	1
thou not with thy friend	1
thou thy fellow	1
thy brother	1
thy friend	1
to his friends	1
to his neighbours	1
to their neighbours	1
to thy friend	1
unto him that giveth his neighbour	1
unto his fellow	1
unto his friend	1
unto thy neighbour	1
unto thy neighbours	1
upon another	1
upon me o ye my friends	1
useth his neighbours	1
was against his fellow	1
with another	1
with their neighbours	1
with thy neighbour	1
ye not in a friend	1

Verses containing H7453

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Judges 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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Ruth 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
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Ruth 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
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1 Samuel 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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1 Samuel 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
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1 Samuel 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
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1 Samuel 20:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
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1 Samuel 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
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1 Samuel 30:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
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2 Samuel 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
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2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
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2 Samuel 16:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
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1 Kings 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Kings 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Kings 20:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
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2 Kings 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?
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2 Kings 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Chronicles 27:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
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2 Chronicles 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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2 Chronicles 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Esther 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Esther 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Job 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Job 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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Job 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
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Job 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
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Job 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
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Job 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
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Job 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Job 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
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Job 30:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
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Job 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
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Job 32:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
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Job 35:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
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Job 42:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Job 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
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Psalms 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
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Source alternate reference: 12.3
Psalms 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
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Psalms 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Psalms 35:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
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Psalms 38:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
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Source alternate reference: 38.12
Psalms 88:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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Source alternate reference: 88.19
Psalms 101:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
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Psalms 122:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
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Proverbs 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
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Proverbs 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
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Proverbs 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
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Proverbs 6:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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