56 occurrences

'Friend' in the Bible

And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;

advisers

And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

UnhappinessSheep ShearingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsMourning The Death Of Others

And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

Not FindingNowhere To Be FoundWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

and he saith to them, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.'

Death penaltyComing To GatesKilling Brothers

And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

Face Of GodMoses, Significance OfPrayer, As A Response To GodTent Of MeetingTentsCommunion With God, Examples OfDivine FriendshipStaying PutBeing Face To Face With GodGod SpeakingFriendship And Trust

When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

SecrecyEnticersUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsShow No MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenSiblingsMothers And SonsDeath Of A Motheratheism

and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who is his friend.

Transferring Wives

And Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man,

ShrewdnessFriendship Kjv

And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

Friendship, Examples OfEntering Cities

and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Let the king live! let the king live!'

Duplicating WordsHurt And Betrayal

And Absalom saith unto Hushai, 'This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

Loyalty

and Azariah son of Nathan is over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan is minister, friend of the king;

advisersOfficersRank

and Ahithophel is counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite is the friend of the king;

'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,

Abraham, The Friend Of GodNames And Titles For The ChristianDivine FriendshipFriendship And Trust

Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

OrphansGamblingBarteringTaking AdvantageFriends Failing

A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.

HumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

God In Relation To Man

He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

StormsSoundThunder Showing God's Presence

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Backbitinggossiping

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

Affection, ExpressingBereavement, Expression OfBowingHeadsAttitude Towards Your MotherMourning DeathDeath Of A Mothergrieving

Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

Man's Action TomorrowHelping OthersHaving A Good DayFriendship KjvGiving Backtomorrowhelphelping

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

HandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

Humbling OneselfBeing HumbleForgiving YourselfDebtBeing YourselfHumble YourselfFriendship KjvHumility And Pridehumblenesshumble

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

CreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Praying LoudlyIn The MorningPeople BlessingEarly RisingBest FriendsHaving A Good Daycurses

To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

True Love

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!

BeautifulThe Beauty Of Nature

So is my friend among the daughters!

RomanceRoses

My beloved hath answered and said to me, 'Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

Get Up!True LoveBeing In Lovelovers

The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.

BlossomingGet Up!

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Appearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'

Names And Titles For The Church

His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This is my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

Christ, Character OfAdoration, Of ChristAttractionElegance

Fair art thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

Banner, Figurative Use

And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames -- their faces!

ChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

But -- a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Knowing God, Effects OfMarriage, Between God And His PeopleRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodWivesUnfaithful

Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

StumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

ManipulationMen DeceivingFriendsFriendship And TrustDeceptionLying And Deceitlieing

And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

Bad ChildrenCannibalismAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

CriminalsFoodGrapesRaisinsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyIdolatry Consists OfDried FruitDifferent GodsGod's Love For IsraelFriendship And LoveLoving Your WifeBeing LovedLoving Childrenloversadultry

Bible Theasaurus

Acquaintance (24 instances)
Champion (10 instances)
Friend (161 instances)
Supporter (7 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

אלּף אלּוּף 
'alluwph 
Usage: 69

מרע 
merea` 
Usage: 7

מת 
Math 
men , few , few , friends , number , persons , small , with
Usage: 21

ריע רע 
Rea` 
Usage: 187

רעה 
Re`eh 
Usage: 3

ἑταῖρος 
hetairos 
Usage: 0

σός 
Sos 
Usage: 10

φιλία 
Philia 
Usage: 1

φίλος 
Philos 
Usage: 11

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