Merea מֵרֵעַ
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| מֵרֵעַ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merea |
| Strong's number | H4828 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | companion |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (4) |
Merea (Hebrew מֵרֵעַ, Strong's H4828) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “companion”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
companion, friend, confidential friend
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | friends (3), companion (3), companions (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his adviser (1), men to accompany him (1), one of the men who accompanied you (1), his companion (1), his friends (1), do his friends (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merea, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 26:26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
Judges
- Judges 14:11And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
- Judges 14:20But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
- Judges 15:2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.“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.”
- Judges 15:6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.“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.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 3:8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?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!
Proverbs
- Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).