רֵעָה
rea · companion (female)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7464 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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rea (רֵעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “companion (female)”.
Female companion, friend.
How to say it
re·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A friend who goes along.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 11:37
And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, so that I may go and go down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.”
- Judges 11:38
He said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went, with her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.
- Psalms 45:14
In embroidered garments she is led to the king; virgins behind her, her companions, are brought to you.