Occurrences
Mêrêaʻ occurs 7 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (4), 2 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1)
- Genesis 26:26 — Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends (מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ), and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
- Judges 14:11 — And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions (מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים) to be with him.
- Judges 14:20 — But Samson’s wife was given to his companion (לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ), whom he had used as his friend.
- Judges 15:2 — And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion (לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ): is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
- Judges 15:6 — Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion (לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ). And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 — Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends (מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ), and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
- Proverbs 19:7 — All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends (מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ) go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.