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Strongs H4828

H4828

מֵרֵעַ (mêrêaʻ) n-m (may-ray'-ah)
Source: from H7462 in the sense of companionship;
Meaning: a friend
KJV: companion, friend.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

[מֵרֵעַ] n.m. friend, companion {946}

Appears in a total of 7 verses:

JDG 15:2

OET-LV: 2father_of_her And_he/it_said really_(think) I_thought if/because_that utterly_(hate) you_hated_her and_I_gave_her to_your_close_of_friend not sister_of_is_her (the)_young good from_her/it let_her_belong please to/for_yourself(m) in_place_of_her.   (JDG_15:2)

OET-RV: 2and pleaded, “Truly, I I thought that you must hate her, so I gave her to your close friend. But wouldn’t her younger sister be better anyway? Please, would you take her instead.” (JDG 15:2)

JDG 14:20

OET-LV: 20and_it_became the_wife_of Shimshvōn/(Samson) to_his_close_of_friend who he_was_a_special_friend to_him/it.   (JDG_14:20)

OET-RV: 20Then (unknown to Shimshon), his wife was given to the man who’d been his close friend and companion. (JDG 14:20)

GEN 26:26

OET-LV: 26And_ʼAⱱīmelek he_came to_him/it from_Gərār and_Ahuzzah friend_of_his_close and_Fīkol the_commander_of his_army_of_of.   (GEN_26:26)

OET-RV: 26Then King Abimelech came to Yitshak from Gerar along with his friend Ahuzzath and Ficol the commander of his army (GEN 26:26)

JDG 14:11

OET-LV: 11And_he/it_was just_as_they_saw him and_they_took thirty close_friends and_they_were with_him/it.   (JDG_14:11)

OET-RV: 11When they saw him, they brought thirty close friends to join him. (JDG 14:11)

SA2 3:8

OET-LV: 8And_it_glowed/burnt to_ʼAⱱnēr exceedingly on the_words/messages_of Ish- bshet and_he/it_said the_head_of a_dog am_I which belongs_to_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) the_day I_show loyalty with the_house_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) I_will_show_you(ms) to brothers_of_his and_near/to friend[s]_of_his_close and_not I_have_delivered_you in_the_hand_of Dāvid and_you_have_visited on_me the_guilt_of the_woman the_day.   (SA2_3:8)

OET-RV: 8Abner became very angry at this challenge from Iysh-Boshet and snapped back, “Do you think I’m Yehudah’s dog hiding out over here? Today I’ve been helping Sha’ul’s family: your father, his brothers, and his friends, and I won’t let you fall into David’s hands. Yet today you bring some charge against me to do with a woman? (SA2 3:8)

PRO 19:7

OET-LV: 7All_of the_brothers_of one_who_is_poor they_hate_him indeed if/because friend[s]_of_his_close they_are_distant from_him/it he_is_pursuing words/messages wwww they.   (PRO_19:7)

OET-RV: 7All the relatives of a poor person hates them,
 ⇔ → so how much more do their friends avoid them.
 ⇔ The poor person sends messages after them, but they’re no longer around. (PRO 19:7)

JDG 15:6

OET-LV: 6And_ the_Fəlishtiy _they_said who did_he_do this_thing and_they_said Shimshvōn/(Samson) the_son-in-law_of the_Timnite if/because he_has_taken DOM his/its_wife/woman and_he_has_given_her to_his_close_of_friend and_ the_Fəlishtiy _they_went_up and_they_burnt her and_DOM father_of_her with_fire.   (JDG_15:6)

OET-RV: 6So the Philistines asked, “Who did this?”
¶ “Shimshon,” they replied, “the son-in-law of the man from Timnah, because he took Shimshon’s wife and gave her to his close friend.” As a result, the Philistines went to Timnah and they burnt both the woman and her father. (JDG 15:6)

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