H7468 - רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth)

H7468 רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth) reh-ooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

neighbor

Strong's Definition

a female associate; generally an additional one

Derivation: from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of H7453 (רֵעַ);

KJV Usage: [phrase] another, mate, neighbour.

TWOT Reference: 2186e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) female companion, mate, neighbour woman

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G701 G1135 G4050

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

female companion, mate, neighbour woman

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְעוּת re‛ûth BDB Definition: 1) female companion, mate, neighbour woman Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7462 in the sense of H7453 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2186e Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

11:2

1:19

34:15 34:16

9:20

11:9

Exodus 11:2

Now... announce to the people that men...... and women alike should ask... their neighbors for articles of silver... and gold.

Esther 1:19

So if... it pleases the king..., let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given... to a woman better than she.

Isaiah 34:15

There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

Isaiah 34:16

Search... and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one... will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Jeremiah 9:20

Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

Zechariah 11:9

Then I said, I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.