Strong’s H7463 · Hebrew
רֵעֶה
rêʻeh · ray-eh'
Origin from רָעָה (H7462);
Meaning a (male) companion
In the King James Version friend.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Samuel 15:37So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
- 1 Kings 4:5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.