Friend / Neighbor רֵעַ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jul 28, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter nineteen of Leviticus with our word for today. רֵעַ friend, companion, fellow, lover, comrade. It is used 187 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. We find our word used in the sense of friend, a person you know well and regard with affection and trust. Genesis 38:12 In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and רֵעֵ֥הוּ his friend Hirah the Adullamite. Exodus 33:10-11 And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people…