reut · neighbor (woman)

What it means

reut (רְעוּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “neighbor (woman)”.

Neighbor, companion (woman); "one another".

How to say it

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

1. Companion, neighbour; "each woman her companion".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• companion ×3
• mate ×2
• neighbor ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Esther×1
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Zechariah×1

• Exodus 11:2

  Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let them ask, each man from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.”

• Esther 1:19

  If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go out from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, and let it not pass away: that Vashti is not to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royalty to her companion who is better than she.

• Isaiah 34:15

  There the snake will nest and lay eggs and hatch them and gather them in its shadow; yes, there the harriers will gather, each one with its mate.

• Isaiah 34:16

  Seek from the book of YHWH and read: not one of these is missing; none lacks its mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his spirit, he has gathered them.

• Jeremiah 9:20

  Now hear, women, the word of YHWH, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters a wailing, and each woman her companion a lament.

• Zechariah 11:9

  And I said, “I will not shepherd you; what is dying, let it die; and what is disappearing, let it disappear; and those that are left, let them devour each the flesh of her companion.”