רֵעֶהrêʻeh

friend (1 Kings 4:5; 1 Chronicles 27:33; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16; 2 Samuel 15:32)

Pronunciation: ray-eh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7463

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 3 times in the Bible.

2 Samuel 15:37 So David’s friend Hushai returned to Jerusalem, getting there just as Absalom arrived.
2 Samuel 16:16 When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite arrived, he went immediately to see Absalom. “Long live the king!” he exclaimed. “Long live the king!”
1 Kings 4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).