מֵרֵעַmêrêaʻ

Same root

• רָעָהrâʻâh · H7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 26:26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
• Judges 14:11 When the bride’s parents saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.
• Judges 14:20 So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson’s best man at the wedding.
• Judges 15:2 “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”
• Judges 15:6 “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson’s wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.
• 2 Samuel 3:8 Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?