Friend in the Bible: 53 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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friend KJV

“Friend” is in the King James Bible 53 times, in 49 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

רע ריע rêa‛ rêya‛ 28 times
φίλος philos 12 times
אהב אהב 'âhab 'âhêb 4 times
ἑταῖρος hetairos 3 times
רעה rê‛eh 3 times
πείθω peithō 1 time
אישׁ 'ı̂ysh 1 time
רעה râ‛âh 1 time

translating H157

4 verses translating H157 Show all

2 Chronicles

20:7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

Proverbs

18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Isaiah

41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

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