Etymology?:
from bēt-ʿēqed hārōʿīm בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים ‘of Shepherds / to pasture / to accompany / to befriend’
Roots:
רעה
rēaʿ n, m
1) friend, companion, fellow, another person
1a) friend, intimate
1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)
1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase)
Mentioned in Genesis 11:3, 15:10, 43:33, 31:49, 11:7, 38:12, 38:20 Exodus 22:8, 21:18, 18:7, 33:11, 22:6, 22:9, 22:13, 11:2, 32:27, 2:13, 18:16, 21:14, 21:35, 22:7, 22:10, 22:25, 20:17, 20:16 Codex Leviticus 19:18, 20:10, 19:16, 19:13 Deuteronomy 13:7, 22:24, 5:21, 15:2, 4:42, 19:5, 19:11, 22:26, 23:25, 24:10, 19:14, 27:17, 27:24, 19:4, 23:26, 5:20 Joshua 20:5 Judges 7:22, 7:13, 7:14, 6:29, 10:18 1 Samuel 30:26, 10:11, 14:20, 20:41, 15:28, 28:17 2 Samuel 16:17, 13:3, 2:16, 12:11 1 Kings 20:35, 8:31, 16:11 2 Kings 7:9, 3:23, 7:3 Isaiah 19:2, 41:6, 13:8, 34:14, 3:5 Jeremiah 6:21, 23:27, 9:3, 23:35, 31:34, 34:17, 3:1, 19:9, 5:8, 7:5, 9:4, 22:8, 23:30, 34:15, 36:16, 46:16, 3:20, 29:23, 9:7, 22:13 Ezekiel 22:11, 22:12, 33:26, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15 Hosea 3:1 Jonah 1:7 Micah 7:5 Habakkuk 2:15 Zechariah 8:10, 11:6, 8:17, 3:8, 3:10, 8:16, 14:13 Malachi 3:16 Psalms 35:14, 38:12, 88:19, 28:3, 122:8, 12:3, 101:5, 15:3 Proverbs 27:10, 17:18, 14:20, 17:17, 18:24, 22:11, 21:10, 25:9, 25:8, 11:12, 16:29, 19:6, 25:18, 26:19, 27:17, 3:28, 3:29, 24:28, 6:29, 6:1, 6:3, 14:21, 25:17, 27:14, 29:5, 19:4, 11:9, 12:26, 27:9 Job 16:21, 30:29, 42:7, 2:11, 32:3, 42:10, 16:20, 12:4, 19:21, 31:9, 35:4, 6:27, 17:5, 6:14 Song of Songs 5:1, 5:16 Ruth 3:14, 4:7 Lamentations 1:2 Ecclesiastes 4:4 Esther 9:22, 9:19 1 Chronicles 27:33 2 Chronicles 6:22, 20:23