# H4828 מֵרֵעַ

מֵרֵעַ (mêrêaʻ), Strong’s H4828: a friend KJV: companion, friend.. Occurs 7 times.

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*mêrêaʻ* — a friend

KJV: companion, friend.

Derived from [רָעָה râʻâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7462) (to tend a flock)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מֵרֵעַ] n.m. friend, companion

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 26:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=26) — Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
- [Judges 14:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=11) — When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
- [Judges 14:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=20) — But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
- [Judges 15:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=2) — Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t…
- [Judges 15:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=6) — Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken…
- [2 Samuel 3:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=8) — Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show…
- [Proverbs 19:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/19?v=7) — All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they…