--- title: רֵעַ — friend · The Tanakh dictionary description: רֵעַ (7453), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 186 times: friend. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7453.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-3.md)‎ / רֵעַ‎ # רֵעַ «רֵעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **friend** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 186 times · **Key:** 7453 · **BDB:** רֵעַ³ ### Glosses neighbor (92); his.neighbor (22); friend (18) ### Meaning (OSHB) friend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7453/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7453/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** \[רֵיעַ\]187 n.m. Pr 17:17 friend, companion, fellow; ר׳ abs. 2 S 13:3 +, cstr. 1 Ch 27:33; sf. רֵעִי Jb 31:9 +, רֵעֲךָ Dt 5:17 +, רֵעֶ֑ךָ Ex 2:13 +, also רֵעֶיךָ 2 S 12:11 (sg.; Ges§ 93 ss), רֵעֵ֫הוּ (Ges§ 84 a i) Gn 11:3 + 114 times, רֵעוֹ Je 6:21, רֵעָהּ 3:20; pl. רֵעִים Je 3:1 +, cstr. רֵעֵי Jb 2:11; sf. רֵעָיו 32:3, רֵעֵ֫הוּ (Ges§ 91 k) 42:10; 1 S 30:26, רֵי֣עֲכֶם Jb 6:27, etc.; friend Gn 38:12, 20 (J), 1 S 30:26; 2 S 13:3; 1 K 16:11 (𝔊 om.); רִעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ Dt 13:7, מֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ Pr 27:9 (text dub., v. Toy); Mi 7:5 (‖ אַלּוּף), Je 9:3 (‖ אָח), 19:9 La 1:2 (+ אֹהֲבֶיהָ), ψ 35:14 (‖ אָח) + 3 times ψψ; especially Jb 2:11; 6:14 + 8 times Jb, Pr 17:17; 18:24 + 8 times Pr (12:26 v. מֵרֵעַ infr.), Ct 5:1 (‖ דּוֹדִים); associates Zc 3:8; term. techn. ר׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 27:33 (v. רֵעֶה), cf. 2 S 16:17(×2); of lover Ct 5:16 (‖ דּוֹדִי), husband Je 3:20, paramours Ho 3:1; Je 3:1; metaph. רֵעֲ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה Jb 30:29 (‖ אָת לְתַנִּים). in weaker sense, fellow, fellow-citizen even another person, with whom one stands in recipr. relations, Ex 2:13; 20:16, 17(×3); (Gi v 13:14(×3)); = Dt 5:17, 18(×3); Ex 21:14; 22:7, 8, 10, 25 (all E), Lv 19:13, 16, 18; 20:10 (all H), Dt 4:42; 15:2(×2) + 11 times Dt, Jos 20:5 (D), Ju 7:14; Je 9:7; 22:13; 29:23; Ez 18:6, 11, 15; 22:11, 12; Hb 2:15; Jb 16:21; Ru 4:7 ψ 15:3; 28:3; 101:5 Pr 3:28, 29; 6:1 (‖ זָר!) + 18 times Pr; שָׁכֵן וְרֵעוֹ Je 6:21; 1 S 15:28 hath given (the kingdom) to thy fellow, = another than thou, so 28:17; 2 S 12:11; so also אִישׁ … רֵעֵהוּ a (given, certain) man over against his fellow (diff. from 3) Ex 21:18, 35; 22:6, 9, 13; 33:11 (all E), Dt 19:11; 22:26; Ju 7:13; 1 K 8:31; 20:35 Je 7:5; 1 Ch 6:22; Ru 3:14; Ec 4:4; similarly שָׂעִיר אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ Is 34:14. in recipr., phr. אִישׁ … רֵעֵחוּ Gn 11:3 they said one to another (אִישׁ distrib.), each the speech of the other v 7, absent one from the other 31:49, cf. 43:33 (all J), Ex 11:2; 18:7, 16; 32:27 (all E), Ju 6:29; 7:22; 10:18; 2 S 2:16(×2) + 4 times 1 S, 2 K 3:23; 7:3, 9; 2 Ch 20:23; Is 3:5 (‖ אִישׁ בְּאִישׁ), 13:8; 19:2 (‖ אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו), 41:6; Je 5:8 + 11 times Je, Ez 33:26; Zc 3:10 + 6 times Zc (11:6 read רֹעֵהוּ StaZAW i (1881), 26), Mal 3:16; John 1:7; so of things Gn 15:10 (J).—i. רֵעַ v. רוע; iii. רֵעַ v. iii. רעה. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 105 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7453/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.16/) לֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁקֶר׃ס *Word for word:* not you.must.testify against neighbor your testimony of.falsehood *JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. [Deuteronomy 5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.20/) וְלֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁוְא׃ס *Word for word:* and not you.must.testify against neighbor your testimony of.worthlessness *JPS 1917:* Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. - ← previous: [רֵעַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7452.md) - next →: [רֵעַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7454.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-3.md)