מֵרֵעַ
mêrêaʻ · may-ray'-ah
a friend
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of companionship;
a friend
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: companion, friend.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to see and know
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֵרֵעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- one of his friends1 · 14%
- companions1 · 14%
- was given to his companion1 · 14%
- her to thy companion1 · 14%
- her to his companion1 · 14%
- and to his friends1 · 14%
- him: how much more do his friends1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.