Neighbor
רְעוּתStrong’s H7468reut (re-ut)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reut is the Hebrew word usually translated “neighbor her”, “companion its” and “fellow woman her”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.”
Meaning
- Female companion, mate, neighbour woman
How it's translated
- neighbor her 2
- companion its 2
- to fellow woman her 1
- neighbor its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Esther 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Zechariah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 11:2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
- Esther 1:19If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
- Isaiah 34:15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
- Isaiah 34:16Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
- Jeremiah 9:20Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Hebrew dictionary
רְעוּת reut · neighbor
female companion, mate, neighbour woman
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “neighbor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEIGHBOR, noun
- One who lives near another.
- One who lives in familiarity with another; a word of civility.
- An intimate; a confidant.
- A fellow being.
All definitions
- One of the human race; any one that needs our help, or to whom we have an opportunity of doing good.
- A country that is near.
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.