DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Friend

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

53exact KJV occurrences 37Old Testament 16New Testament 20books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 53occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 38:12

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Proverbs

14 occurrences in 12 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where friend appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 22 verses Exodus 11 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Judges 11 verses 2 Samuel 54 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Job 22 verses Psalms 33 verses Proverbs 1412 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 22 verses Hosea 11 verses Micah 11 verses Matthew 44 verses Luke 65 verses John 33 verses Acts 11 verses James 22 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7453

רֵעַ

rêaʻ · ray'-ah

28 times translated as this KJV form187 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an associate (more or less close)

Strong's KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, × (an-) other.

Other KJV renderings

neighbour 73 neighbour's 26 another 21 friends 14 fellow 8 companion 3 neighbours 3 another's 2

Strong's first: Genesis 38:12Strong's last: Micah 7:5

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GreekG5384

φίλος

phílos · fee'-los

12 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences

actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: :--friend.

Other KJV renderings

friends 17 a friend 4

Strong's first: Matthew 11:19Strong's last: James 4:4

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HebrewH157

אָהַב

ʼâhab · aw-hab'

4 times translated as this KJV form208 total Strong's occurrences

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Strong's KJV usage: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Other KJV renderings

love 72 loved 48 loveth 38 lovers 17 friends 8 lovest 7 beloved 5 Love 2

Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 20:7Strong's last: Isaiah 41:8

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GreekG2083

ἑταῖρος

hetaîros · het-ah'-ee-ros

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a comrade

Strong's KJV usage: :--fellow, friend.

Other KJV renderings

fellows 1

Strong's first: Matthew 20:13Strong's last: Matthew 26:50

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HebrewH7463

רֵעֶה

rêʻeh · ray-eh'

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a (male) companion

Strong's KJV usage: friend.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 15:37Strong's last: 1 Kings 4:5

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GreekG3982

πείθω

peíthō · pi'-tho

1 times translated as this KJV form63 total Strong's occurrences

to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)

Strong's KJV usage: :--agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.

Other KJV renderings

persuaded 13 trust 6 confidence 6 obey 4 persuade 3 believed 3 trusted 2 that 2

Strong's first: Acts 12:20Strong's last: Acts 12:20

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HebrewH376

אִישׁ

ʼîysh · eesh

1 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.

Other KJV renderings

man 955 men 210 one 188 husband 66 man's 43 any 27 none 12 every 8

Strong's first: Psalms 41:9Strong's last: Psalms 41:9

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HebrewH7462

רָעָה

râʻâh · raw-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences

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

Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

Other KJV renderings

feed 53 shepherds 34 shepherd 27 fed 11 herdmen 7 pastors 7 feedeth 5 feeding 3

Strong's first: Judges 14:20Strong's last: Judges 14:20

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Job 6:14

H7453

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:27

H7453

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

friend

FRIEND, noun frend.

1. One who is attached to another by affection; one who entertains for another sentiments of esteem, respect and affection, which lead him to desire his company, and to seek to promote his happiness and prosperity; opposed to foe or enemy.

A friend loveth at all times. Proverbs 17:17.

2. One not hostile; opposed to an enemy in war.

3. One reconciled after enmity. Let us be friends again.

4. An attendant; a companion.

5. A favorer; one who is propitious; as a friend to commerce; a friend to poetry; a friend to charitable institution.

6. A favorite. Hushai was David's friend

7. A term of salutation; a familiar compellation.

FRIEND, how camest thou in hither? Matthew 22:12.

So Christ calls Judas his friend though a traitor.

Mat 26.

8. Formerly, a paramour.

9. A friend at court, one who has sufficient interest to serve another.

FRIEND, verb transitive frend. To favor; to countenance; to befriend; to support or aid. [But we now use befriend.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.

Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.