הָ֝/רֵ֗עַ — Proverbs 19:6 Hebrew Word Study

הָ֝/רֵ֗עַ

𐤄/𐤓𐤏

harea

is a friend

or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

H7453

Proverbs 19:6 · Word #6

Lexicon `H7453`

Lemma	רֵעַ
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤓𐤏
Transliteration	rêaʻ
Strong's	H7453
In-context	is a friend

Morphology `HTd/Ncmsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H7489-03`

the companion

Root	רעה (r-ʿ-h)
Core Meanings	association, companionship, fellowship, friendship, mutual relationship
Semantic Range	friend, companion, fellow, associate, neighbor, intimate partner, husband, or simply another person in relational proximity
Conceptual Significance	רֵעַ expresses covenantal and communal bonds within Israelite society, especially in commands such as loving one’s "companion" as oneself. It frames social ethics around relational faithfulness and mutual responsibility within the covenant community.
Morphological Notes	Masculine singular absolute noun (נ׳ ז׳ י׳), with prefixed definite article הָ; no pronominal suffix. Occurs here in the definite form.
Rendering Rationale	The noun רֵעַ denotes a close associate or fellow, rooted in the idea of shared companionship. The form includes the definite article (הָ) and is masculine singular absolute, so "the companion" preserves both the relational core meaning of the root and the definite, masculine singular morphology.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root רעה (association, companionship, fellowship, friendship, mutual relationship)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
	bemireeh	in a grazing-place
`H7453-01`	bereehu	against his companion
`H7453-02`	bereekha	with your companion
`H7462-01`	haroim	the shepherding ones
`H7453-03`	kerea	like a companion
`H7462-02`	keroeh	as a shepherding-one
`H4828-01`	lemereehu	to his companion
`H7453-04`	lereakha	to your companion
`H7453-05`	lereehu	to his companion
`H7453-06`	lereekha	to your companion
`H7453-07`	lereeykha	to your companions
`H6146-01`	lrykh	to your companions
`H4830-01`	mareitam	their grazing-place
`H4830-02`	mareitekha	your grazing-place
`H4830-03`	mareiti	my pasturage
`H4830-04`	mareito	his grazing-place
`H7453-08`	mereah	from her companion
`H7453-09`	mereehu	from his companion
`H7453-10`	merehu	from his companion
`H7462-03`	meroeh	from a shepherding one
`H4829-01`	mireeh	grazing-place
`H7474-01`	raeyati	my companion-bride
`H7453-11`	rea	a companion
`H7453-12`	reakha	your companion
`H7453-13`	reay	my companions
`H7453-14`	reayikhe	your companions
`H7453-15`	reayv	his companions
`H7453-16`	reehu	his companion
`H7453-17`	reekha	your companion-associate
`H7453-18`	reey	companions of
`H7453-19`	reeyha	her companions
`H7453-20`	reeyhem	their companions
`H7453-21`	reeykha	your companions
`H7453-22`	reim	companions
`H7200-94`	reu	Shepherd! (you men)
`H7467-01`	reuel	Friend-of-El
`H7468-01`	reutah	her companion-woman
`H7453-23`	reyakhem	your companion
`H7462-04`	roey	shepherds of
`H7473-01`	roi	my shepherding one
`H7462-05`	roim	shepherding ones
`H7327-01`	rut	Female Companion
`H4829-02`	umireeh	and feeding-place
`H7462-06`	ureitim	and I will shepherd them
`H7469-01`	ureut	and pursuit-of
`H7453-24`	varea	and companion
`H7475-01`	veraeyon	and pursuit-of
`H7453-25`	verea	companion (masculine singular)
`H7453-26`	vereakha	with your companion
`H7453-27`	vereay	and my companions
`H7453-28`	vereehu	and his companion
`H7453-29`	vereeykha	and your companions
`H7453-30`	vereo	and his companion
`H7464-01`	vereotay	and my companion-women
`H7462-07`	veroeh	and a shepherding one
`H7462-08`	yireem	he will shepherd them

Word Usage (189 occurrences of H7453)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 11:3	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	another
Genesis 11:7	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor's
Genesis 15:10	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	its mate
Genesis 31:49	מֵ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	mereehu	from another
Genesis 38:12	רֵעֵ֥/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Genesis 38:20	רֵעֵ֣/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Genesis 43:33	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his companion
Exodus 2:13	רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	reekha	your companion
Exodus 11:2	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 18:7	לְ/רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	lereehu	other
Exodus 18:16	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 20:16	בְ/רֵעֲ/ךָ֖	vereakha	against your neighbor
Exodus 20:17	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	of your neighbor
Exodus 20:17	רֵעֶ֗/ךָ	reekha-2	of your neighbor
Exodus 20:17	לְ/רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	lereekha	belongs to your neighbor
Exodus 21:14	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 21:18	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 21:35	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor's
Exodus 22:6	רֵעֵ֜/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 22:7	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	of his neighbor
Exodus 22:8	לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Exodus 22:9	רֵעֵ֜/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 22:10	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	of his neighbor
Exodus 22:13	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Exodus 22:25	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	your neighbor
Exodus 32:27	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his companion
Exodus 33:11	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Leviticus 19:13	רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֖	reakha	neighbor-your
Leviticus 19:16	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	of-your-neighbor
Leviticus 19:18	לְ/רֵעֲ/ךָ֖	lereakha	your neighbor
Leviticus 20:10	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor's
Deuteronomy 4:42	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 5:20	בְ/רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֖	vereakha	against your neighbor
Deuteronomy 5:21	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	your neighbor
Deuteronomy 5:21	רֵעֶ֗/ךָ	reekha-2	your neighbor
Deuteronomy 5:21	לְ/רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	lereekha	belongs to your neighbor
Deuteronomy 13:7	רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֛	reakha	your friend
Deuteronomy 15:2	בְּ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	bereehu	to-his-neighbor
Deuteronomy 15:2	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his-neighbor
Deuteronomy 19:4	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 19:5	רֵעֵ֥/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 19:5	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu-2	neighbor
Deuteronomy 19:11	לְ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	lereehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 19:14	רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֔	reakha	of-your-neighbor
Deuteronomy 22:24	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 22:26	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his neighbor
Deuteronomy 23:25	רֵעֶ֔/ךָ	reekha	your neighbor's
Deuteronomy 23:26	רֵעֶ֔/ךָ	reekha	of your neighbor
Deuteronomy 23:26	רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	reekha-2	of your neighbor
Deuteronomy 24:10	בְ/רֵֽעֲ/ךָ	vereakha	to your neighbor
Deuteronomy 27:17	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	of his neighbor
Deuteronomy 27:24	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Joshua 20:5	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Judges 6:29	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Judges 7:13	לְ/רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	lereehu	to his comrade
Judges 7:14	רֵעֵ֤/הוּ	reehu	his comrade
Judges 7:22	בְּ/רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	bereehu	in-his-fellow
Judges 10:18	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
1 Samuel 10:11	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
1 Samuel 14:20	בְּ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	bereehu	against his fellow
1 Samuel 15:28	לְ/רֵעֲ/ךָ֖	lereakha	to your neighbor
1 Samuel 20:41	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his friend
1 Samuel 20:41	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu-2	his friend
1 Samuel 28:17	לְ/רֵעֲ/ךָ֥	lereakha	to your neighbor
1 Samuel 30:26	לְ/רֵעֵ֣/הוּ	lereehu	to-his-friends
2 Samuel 2:16	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his opponent
2 Samuel 2:16	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu-2	of his opponent
2 Samuel 12:11	לְ/רֵעֶ֑י/ךָ	lereeykha	to your neighbor
2 Samuel 13:3	רֵ֗עַ	rea	a friend
2 Samuel 16:17	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	your friend
2 Samuel 16:17	רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	reekha-2	your friend
1 Kings 8:31	לְ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	lereehu	against his neighbor
1 Kings 16:11	וְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	vereehu	nor his friends
1 Kings 20:35	רֵעֵ֛/הוּ	reehu	his fellow
2 Kings 3:23	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
2 Kings 7:3	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his-friend
2 Kings 7:9	רֵעֵ֜/הוּ	reehu	his companion
Isaiah 3:5	בְּ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	bereehu	against-his-neighbor
Isaiah 13:8	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	another
Isaiah 19:2	בְּ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	bereehu	against his neighbor
Isaiah 34:14	רֵעֵ֣/הוּ	reehu	his fellow
Isaiah 41:6	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	neighbor
Jeremiah 3:1	רֵעִ֣ים	reim	lovers
Jeremiah 3:20	מֵ/רֵעָ֑/הּ	mereah	from-her-husband
Jeremiah 5:8	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 6:21	וְ/רֵע֖/וֹ	vereo	and his friend
Jeremiah 7:5	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 9:3	מֵ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	mereehu	from his neighbor
Jeremiah 9:3	רֵ֖עַ	rea	neighbor
Jeremiah 9:4	בְּ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	bereehu	in-his-friend
Jeremiah 9:7	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 19:9	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his-neighbor-his
Jeremiah 22:8	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 22:13	בְּ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	bereehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 23:27	לְ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Jeremiah 23:30	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 23:35	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbour
Jeremiah 29:23	רֵֽעֵי/הֶ֔ם	reeyhem	their-neighbors
Jeremiah 31:34	רֵעֵ֜/הוּ	reehu	his-neighbor
Jeremiah 34:15	לְ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Jeremiah 34:17	לְ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Jeremiah 36:16	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Jeremiah 46:16	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Ezekiel 18:6	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his neighbor
Ezekiel 18:11	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	of his neighbor
Ezekiel 18:15	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor's
Ezekiel 22:11	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Ezekiel 22:12	רֵעַ֨יִ/ךְ֙	reayikhe	your-neighbors
Ezekiel 33:26	רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Hosea 3:1	רֵ֖עַ	rea	of her friend
Jonah 1:7	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his companion
Micah 7:5	בְ/רֵ֔עַ	verea	in a neighbor
Habakkuk 2:15	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Zechariah 3:8	וְ/רֵעֶ֨י/ךָ֙	vereeykha	and your companions
Zechariah 3:10	לְ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	lereehu	his neighbor
Zechariah 8:10	בְּ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	bereehu	against his neighbor
Zechariah 8:16	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Zechariah 8:17	רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his-neighbor
Zechariah 11:6	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙	reehu	his-neighbor
Zechariah 14:13	רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	reehu	of his neighbor
Zechariah 14:13	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu-2	of his neighbor
Malachi 3:16	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his-friend
Psalms 12:3	רֵ֫עֵ֥/הוּ	reehu	his-neighbor
Psalms 15:3	לְ/רֵעֵ֣/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Psalms 28:3	רֵֽעֵי/הֶ֑ם	reeyhem	their neighbors
Psalms 35:14	כְּ/רֵֽעַ	kerea	as a friend
Psalms 38:12	וְ/רֵעַ֗/י	vereay	and my friends
Psalms 88:19	וָ/רֵ֑עַ	varea	and acquaintance
Psalms 101:5	רֵעֵ/הוּ֮	reehu	his neighbor
Psalms 122:8	וְ/רֵעָ֑/י	vereay	and my friends
Proverbs 3:28	ל/רעי/ך	lrykh	to your neighbor
Proverbs 3:28	לְ/רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֨	lereakha	to your neighbor
Proverbs 3:29	רֵעֲ/ךָ֣	reakha	your neighbor
Proverbs 6:1	לְ/רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	lereekha	for your friend
Proverbs 6:3	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	of your neighbor
Proverbs 6:3	רֵעֶֽי/ךָ	reeykha	with your neighbor
Proverbs 6:29	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor's
Proverbs 11:9	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 11:12	לְ/רֵעֵ֥/הוּ	lereehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 12:26	מֵ/רֵעֵ֣/הוּ	mereehu	than his neighbor
Proverbs 14:20	לְ֭/רֵעֵ/הוּ	lereehu	by his neighbor
Proverbs 14:21	לְ/רֵעֵ֥/הוּ	lereehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 16:29	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 17:17	הָ/רֵ֑עַ	harea	the friend
Proverbs 17:18	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Proverbs 18:17	רֵ֝עֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 18:24	רֵ֭עִים	reim	of friends
Proverbs 19:4	רֵעִ֣ים	reim	friends
Proverbs 19:4	מֵרֵ֥ע/הוּ	merehu	from his friend
Proverbs 19:6	הָ֝/רֵ֗עַ	harea	is a friend
Proverbs 21:10	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 22:11	רֵעֵ֥/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Proverbs 24:28	בְּ/רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	bereekha	against your neighbor
Proverbs 25:8	רֵעֶֽ/ךָ	reekha	your neighbor
Proverbs 25:9	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	your neighbor
Proverbs 25:17	רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	reekha	of your neighbor
Proverbs 25:18	בְ֝/רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	vereehu	against-his-neighbor
Proverbs 26:19	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his neighbor
Proverbs 27:9	רֵ֝עֵ֗/הוּ	reehu	of-his-friend
Proverbs 27:10	רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֨	reakha	your friend
Proverbs 27:10	וְ/רֵ֪עַ	verea	and the friend
Proverbs 27:14	רֵעֵ֨/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Proverbs 27:17	רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	reehu	his-friend
Proverbs 29:5	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	neighbor
Job 2:11	רֵעֵ֣י	reey	friends
Job 6:14	מֵרֵעֵ֣/הוּ	mereehu	from his friend
Job 6:27	רֵֽיעֲ/כֶֽם	reyakhem	your friend
Job 12:4	לְ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ	lereehu	to his friend
Job 16:20	רֵעָ֑/י	reay	scorn me
Job 16:21	לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	lereehu	for-his-neighbor
Job 17:5	רֵעִ֑ים	reim	friends
Job 19:21	רֵעָ֑/י	reay	my friends
Job 30:29	וְ֝/רֵ֗עַ	verea	and companion
Job 31:9	רֵעִ֣/י	rei	of my neighbor
Job 32:3	רֵעָי/ו֮	reayv	his friends
Job 35:4	רֵעֶ֥י/ךָ	reeykha	friends
Job 42:7	רֵעֶ֔י/ךָ	reeykha	of your friends
Job 42:10	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his friends
Song of Songs 5:1	רֵעִ֔ים	reim	O friends
Song of Songs 5:16	רֵעִ֔/י	rei	my friend
Ruth 3:14	רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	reehu	his friend
Ruth 4:7	לְ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Lamentations 1:2	רֵעֶ֨י/הָ֙	reeyha	her friends
Ecclesiastes 4:4	מֵ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	mereehu
Esther 9:19	לְ/רֵעֵֽ/הוּ	lereehu	to his neighbor
Esther 9:22	לְ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	lereehu	to-friend-his
1 Chronicles 27:33	רֵ֥עַ	rea	friend
2 Chronicles 6:22	לְ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	lereehu	against his neighbor
2 Chronicles 20:23	בְּ/רֵעֵ֖/הוּ	bereehu	his neighbor

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Lexicon H7453

Morphology HTd/Ncmsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H7489-03

Words from Root רעה (association, companionship, fellowship, friendship, mutual relationship)

Word Usage (189 occurrences of H7453)

Lexicon `H7453`

Morphology `HTd/Ncmsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H7489-03`