Lexical Definition

‎רֵעַ‎ rêaʻ (ray'-ah) neighbor ^H:N-M
or רֵיעַ rêyaʻ (ray'-ah); from ‎רָעָה‎

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

• an associate (more or less close)

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

See Greek: ἀδελφός · δαμάζω · διαλογισμός · ἐκκόπτω · ἑταῖρος · ἕτερος · πολίτης · σύνειμι · φιλέω · φιλία · φίλος

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Also see: רֵעַ | רֵעַ

II. ‎רֵעַ‎₁₈₇ noun masculine^{Prov 17:17} friend, companion, fellow; — ‎׳‎‎ר‎ absolute 2Sam 13:3 +, construct 1Chr 27:33 suffix ‎רֵעִי‎ Job 31:9 +, ‎רֵעְַךָ‎ Deut 5:17 +, ‎רֵעֶ֑ךָ‎ Exod 2:13 +, also ‎רֵעֶיךָ‎ 2Sam 12:11 (singular; Ges^{«GKC:93ss»§ 93ss}), ‎רֵעֵ֫הוּ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:84»§ 84} a i) Gen 11:3 + 114 t., ‎רֵעוֺ‎ Jer 6:21, ‎רֵעָהּ‎, Jer 3:30 plural ‎רֵעִים‎ Jer 3:1 +, construct ‎רֵעֵי‎ Job 2:11 suffix ‎רֵעָיו‎ Job 32:3, ‎רֵעֵ֫הו‎ (Ges^{«GKC:91k»§ 91k}) Job 42:10; 1Sam 30:26, etc.; —
l. friend, intimate, Gen 38:12; Gen 38:20(J), 1Sam 30:26; 2Sam 13:3; 1Kgs 16:11 (ᵐ5 omitted); ‎רִעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ‎ Deut 13:7*, ‎מֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ‎ Prov 27:9 (text dubious see Toy); Mic 7:5 (|| ‎אַלוּף‎), Jer 9:3* (|| ‎אָח‎), Jer 19:9; Lam 1:2 ( + ‎אֹהֲבֶיהָ‎), Ps 35:14 (|| ‎אָח‎) + 3 t. Psalms; especially Job 2:11; Job 6:14 + 8 t. Job; Prov 17:17; Prov 18:24 + 8 t. Proverbs ( Prov 12:26 see ‎מֵרֵעַ‎ below), Song 5:1 (|| ‎דּוֺדִים‎); associates Zech 3:8 technical term ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 1Chr 27:33 (see ‎רֵעֶה‎), compare 2Sam 16:17 (twice in verse); of lover Song 5:16 (|| ‎דּוֺדִי‎), husband Jer 3:20, paramours Hos 3:1; Jer 3:1 metaphor ‎רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה‎ Job 30:29 (|| ‎אָח לְתַנִּים‎).

2. in weaker sense, fellow, fellow-citizen, even another person,, with whom one stands in reciprocal relations, Exod 2:13; Exod 20:16; Exod 20:17 (3 t. in verse) (Gi vExod 20:13 vExod 20:14 vExod 20:14 vExod 20:14) = Deut 5:17; Deut 5:18 (3 t. in verse), Exod 21:14; Exod 22:7*; Exod 22:8*; Exod 22:10*; Exod 22:25* (all E), Lev 19:13; Lev 19:16; Lev 19:18; Lev 20:10 (all H), Deut 4:42; Deut 15:2 (twice in verse) + 11 t. Deuteronomy; Josh 20:5 (D), Judg 7:14; Jer 9:7*; Jer 22:13; Jer 29:23; Jer 22:11; Jer 22:12; Ps 15:3; Ps 28:3; Ps 101:5; Prov 3:28; Prov 3:29; Prov 6:1 (|| ‎זָר‎ !) + 18 t. Proverbs; ‎וְרֵעוֺ שָׁכֵן‎ Jer 6:21; 1Sam 15:28 hath given (the kingdom) to thy fellow, = another than thou, so 1Sam 28:17; 2Sam 12:11 so also ‎אִישׁ ֗֗֗ רֵעֵהוּ‎ a (given, certain) man over against his fellow (different from 3) Exod 21:18; Exod 21:35; Exod 22:6*; Exod 22:9*; Exod 22:13*; Exod 33:11 (all E), Deut 19:11; Deut 22:26; Judg 7:13; 1Kgs 8:31; 1Kgs 20:35; Jer 7:5; 1Chr 6:22*; Ruth 3:14; Eccl 4:4 similarly ‎שָׂעִיר אֶלרֵֿעֵהוּ‎ Isa 34:14.

3. in reciprocal phrase ‎אִישׁ ֗֗֗ רֵעֵהו‎ Gen 11:3 they said one to another (‎אִישׁ‎ distributive), each the speech of the other vGen 11:7, absent one from the other Gen 31:49, compare Gen 43:33 (all J), Exod 11:2; Exod 18:7; Exod 18:16; Exod 32:27 (all E), Judg 6:29; Judg 7:22; Judg 10:18; 2Sam 2:16 (twice in verse) + 4 t. 1 Samuel; 2Kgs 3:23; 2Kgs 7:3; 2Kgs 7:9; 2Chr 20:23; Isa 3:5 (|| ‎אִישׁ בְּאִישׁ‎), Isa 13:8; Isa 19:2 (|| ‎אִישׁ בְּאָתִיו‎) Isa 41:6; Jer 5:8 + 11 t. Jeremiah; Ezek 33:26; Zech 3:10 + 6 t. Zechariah (Zech 11:6 read ‎רֹעֵהוּ‎ Sta^{ZAW i (1881), 26}); Mal 3:16; Jonah 1:7 so of things Gen 15:10 (J). — I. ‎רֵעַ‎ see ‎רוע‎. p.929 below

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