H4828–מֵרֵעַ–me.re.a

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵֽרֵעֵ֔) me.re.'E. “close friend”

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים me.re.'Im “companions”

But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had had for his friend.

לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔) Me.re.'E. “companion”

And her father said: 'I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion; is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.'

לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (מֵרֵעֶ֑) me.re.'E. “companion”

Then the Philistines said: 'Who hath done this?' And they said: 'Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion.' And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ (מֵרֵעֵ֑) me.re.'E. “companion”

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said: 'Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of

מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔) me.re.'E. “friend[s]”

All the brethren of the poor do hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He that pursueth words, they turn against him.

מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ (מְ֭רֵעֵ) Me.re.'e. “friend[s]”