H7463 רֵעֶה (rêʻeh) ray-eh'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

friend

Strong's Definition

a (male) companion

Derivation: from H7462 (רָעָה);

KJV Usage: friend.

TWOT Reference: 2186b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) friend, friend of the king (technical sense)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֵעֶה (re.eh) — friend. friend, friend of the king (technical sense)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֵעֶה (H7463)

noun m · רעה

Friends

friend = someone who has kind regard for and is in friendly relationship with another person

2SA 15:37 · 2SA 16:16 · 1KI 4:5

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֵעֶה n.m. friend base

Bible Occurrences (4)

15:37 16:16

4:5

27:10

2 Samuel 15:37

So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

2 Samuel 16:16

And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to [him], Long live the king! Long live the king!

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan [was] in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan [was] a priest and adviser to the king;

Proverbs 27:10

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.