Strong's Concordance
Original word: מֵרֵ֫עַ
Transliteration: merea
Definition (short): companion
Definition (full): friend, companion
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from raah
Definition: friend, companion
NASB Translation: adviser (1), companion (3), companions (1), friends (2).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
NASB:
Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.
KJV:
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
NASB:
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
KJV:
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
NASB:
But Samson's wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead."
KJV:
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
NASB:
Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.