'Acquaintances' in the Bible

So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor.

Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, “Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house.”

“He has removed my brothers far from me,And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,Especially to my neighbors,And an object of dread to my acquaintances;Those who see me in the street flee from me.

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;You have made me an object of loathing to them;I am shut up and cannot go out.

You have removed lover and friend far from me;My acquaintances are in darkness.