'Companion' in the Bible
She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me [as a companion], for I have given him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.
He said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Every man strap his sword on his thigh and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor [all who continue pagan worship].’”
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.
Her father said, “I really thought you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not more beautiful than she? Please take her [as your wife] instead.”
Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they were told, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took Samson’s wife and gave her to his [chief] companion [at the wedding feast].” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.
The sons of Caleb [Joshua’s companion] the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion and friend.
“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,My companion and my familiar friend;
He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;He has broken his covenant [of friendship and loyalty].
I am a companion of all who [reverently] fear You,And of those who keep and honor Your precepts.
He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.
He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son,But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].
“Will you not just now call out to Me,‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth?
But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].