Reut רְעוּת
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| רְעוּת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | reut |
| Strong's number | H7468 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | neighbor |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Reut (Hebrew רְעוּת, Strong's H7468) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “neighbor”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
female companion, mate, neighbour woman
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | neighbour (2), another (2), mate (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | their neighbors (1), woman (1), its mate (1), her mate (1), another (1), another's (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Reut, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 11:2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
Esther
- Esther 1:19If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
- Isaiah 34:16Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 9:20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 11:9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
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).