Companion
רֵעָהStrong’s H7464reah (re-ah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reah is the Hebrew word usually translated “companions my” and “companions her”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.”
Meaning
- Female companion, companion, attendant (of maidens)
How it's translated
- and companions my 1
- and companions her 1
- companions her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
רֵעָה reah · companion
female companion, companion, attendant (of maidens)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “companion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPANION, noun
- One who keeps company with another; one with whom a person frequently associates, and converses.“A companion of fools shall be destroyed” Proverbs 13:20
- One who accompanies another; as two persons meeting casually and traveling together are called companions.
- A partner; an associate.
- A fellow; a mate.
All definitions
- A sort of wooden porch placed over the entrance or stair case of the cabin in merchant ships.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.