Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4828
מֵרֵעַ
mereamay-ray'-ah
companion
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mêrêaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4828is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4828
a friend
The King James renders it: companion, friend.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
merea is rendered "companion". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:26Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
Genesis 26:26מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- friend his2
- to companion his2
- close friend his1
- companions1
- to companion your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ1
- לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ1
- לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ1
- מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ1
- מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ1
- מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ1
- מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
Genesis
one use
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
- מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּmereehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: close friend his
Judges
four uses
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
- מֵֽרֵעִ֔יםmereimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: companions
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
- לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּlemereehupreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to companion his
“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
- לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָlemereekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to companion your
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
- לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּlemereehupreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to companion his
2 Samuel
one use
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
- מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּmereehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: friend his
Proverbs
one use
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- מְ֭רֵעֵהוּmereehunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: friend his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.