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title: רֵעֶה — friend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵעֶה (7463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: friend. BDB 1906: n.m. friend. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵעֶה

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«רֵעֶה» 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.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 7463 · **BDB:** רֵעֶה

### Glosses

the.friend (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

friend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. friend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. friend (cf. Sta§ 184 LagBN 156 Ba§ 12 a);—cstr. in term. techn. רֵעֶה הַמֶּלֶךְ (Ges§ 93 ll Köii. l, 78 f.) 1 K 4:5 (= רֵעַ 1 Ch 27:33), cf. רֵעֶה דָּיִד 2 S 15:37; 16:16; ins. also 15:32 (cf. v 37) 𝔊 We Dr al.; in simple sense Pr 27:10 Kt (Qr רֵעַ; cf. Köl.c.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵעֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 15:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.15.37/)

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וַיָּבֹ֥א חוּשַׁ֛י רֵעֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד הָעִ֑יר וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם יָבֹ֖א יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.came Hushai the.friend of.David the city and Absalom he.came Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom was at the point of coming into Jerusalem.

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[1 Kings 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.5/)

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וַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־נָתָ֖ן עַל־הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים וְזָב֧וּד בֶּן־נָתָ֛ן כֹּהֵ֖ן רֵעֶ֥ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and Azariah the.son of.Nathan \[was\].over the overseers and Zabud the.son of.Nathan \[was\].a.priest the.friend of the.king

*JPS 1917:* and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;

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