H4828–מֵרֵעַ–me.re.a

And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;

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

and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים me.re.'Im “companions”

and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who `is' his friend.

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

and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

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

And the Philistines say, `Who hath done this?' And they say, `Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;' and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.

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

And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog `am' I -- that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David -- that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

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

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

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