Strong's Hebrew · H7453

H7453 rêaʻ

רֵעַ

ray'-ah

neighbor

rêaʻ appears 187 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:3 and Exodus 2:13. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

an associate (more or less close)

In the King James Version

brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, × (an-) other.

Derivation

or רֵיעַ; from H7462 (רָעָה);

Appears 187 times in Scripture

Genesis 38:20

“Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.”

Genesis 43:33

“They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.”

Genesis 38:12

“After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.”

Genesis 31:49

“It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.”

Genesis 11:3

“And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.”

Genesis 11:7

“Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.””

Exodus 2:13

“The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?””

Genesis 15:10

“So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.”

Exodus 22:11

“an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.”

Exodus 18:7

“So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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