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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Proverbs 6:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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Proverbs 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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Proverbs 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
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Proverbs 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
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Proverbs 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
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Proverbs 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
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Proverbs 16:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
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Proverbs 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Proverbs 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
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Proverbs 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Proverbs 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 19:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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Proverbs 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
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Proverbs 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
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Proverbs 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
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Proverbs 24:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
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Proverbs 25:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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Proverbs 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
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Proverbs 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
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Proverbs 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
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Proverbs 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
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Proverbs 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
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Proverbs 27:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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Proverbs 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
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Proverbs 27:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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Proverbs 29:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Song of Solomon 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
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Song of Solomon 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
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Isaiah 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
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Isaiah 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
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Isaiah 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
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Isaiah 41:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
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Jeremiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
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Jeremiah 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
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Jeremiah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
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Jeremiah 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
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Source alternate reference: 9.3
Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
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Source alternate reference: 9.4
Jeremiah 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
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Source alternate reference: 9.7
Jeremiah 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
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Jeremiah 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
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Jeremiah 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
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Jeremiah 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
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Jeremiah 23:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
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Jeremiah 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
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Jeremiah 29:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
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Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
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